Mustafa Necdet Üruğ (19 February 1921 – 18 April 2021) was a Turkish general and the nephew of
Faruk Gürler
Ömer Faruk Gürler (1913 – 23 August 1975) was a Turkish general. He was the Commander of the Turkish Army during the 1971 Turkish coup d'état, and then Chief of the General Staff of Turkey (1972 - 1973). He was the military's candidate in t ...
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Biography
He was
Commander of the First Army of Turkey (1978 – 1981) during the
1980 military coup
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. After the coup he was
Commander of the Turkish Army (1983), and
Chief of the General Staff of Turkey (1983 – 1987), as well as Secretary-General of the
Presidential Council (from 1983).
Üruğ died from complications of
COVID-19
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in
Istanbul
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on 18 April 2021, at the age of 100, during the
COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey
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Necdet Üruğ 100 yaşında hayatını kaybetti
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References
1921 births
2021 deaths
Chiefs of the Turkish General Staff
Men centenarians
Commanders of the Turkish Land Forces
Turkish Army generals
Turkish centenarians
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey
Military personnel from Istanbul
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