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İlker Başbuğ
Chief of the General Staff of Turkey
In office
28 August 2008 – 27 August 2010
PresidentAbdullah Gül
Preceded byYaşar Büyükanıt
Succeeded byIşık Koşaner
Personal details
Born (1943-04-29) April 29, 1943 (age 81)
Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
SpouseSevil Başbuğ
Military service
AllegianceTurkey Turkey
Branch/serviceFile:Kkbrove yeni.png Turkish Army
Years of service1963-2010
RankGeneral
CommandsChief of the General Staff

Mehmet İlker Başbuğ (born 29 April 1943)[1] was the 26th Chief of the General Staff of Turkey. In this post he is succeeded by Işık Koşaner.[2]

Biography

General İlker Başbuğ was born in the Afyonkarahisar province in western Turkey to an Albanian family who settled from a village near Presheva.[3] He graduated from the Turkish Military Academy in 1961 as an infantry officer. After graduating from the Infantry School in 1963, he served in different units of the Turkish Army as Platoon and Commando Company Commander until 1970.

Following his graduation from the Army Staff College in 1973, he has served as the deputy chief of General Staff Operations Planning Command, as an instructor at Army Staff College, as Intelligence Division Intelligence Plans Chief at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in Mons, Belgium, as the Chief of Staff of the Defense Intelligence of the Army Plans and Principles Command, and as the Commander of the 247th Infantry Regiment of the 51st Infantry Brigade.

İlker Başbuğ, who has also graduated from the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, England and the NATO Defense College, was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in 1989. He has later served in the SHAPE in Mons, Belgium again, this time as the Chief of Logistics and Intelligence Departments as well as serving as the 1st Armored Brigade Commander until his promotion to the rank of Major General in 1993.

As Major General, he served as the Deputy Commander of the Turkish Gendarmerie Public Order Command and later as the Chief of National Military Representation (NMR) at Mons, Belgium between 1993-1995. Following his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant General, he served as the 2nd Army Corps Commander and as the Deputy President of the Secretariat of the National Security Council of the Republic of Turkey, respectively.

In 2002, he was promoted to the rank of General and served as the Deputy Commander of the Turkish Army until 2003, and then as the Deputy Chief of the General Staff until 2005. Between 2005 and 2006, he served as the Commander of the First Army until he assumed the post of the Commander of the Turkish Army on August 30, 2006.

The start of his tenure as the chief of staff has been marked by an initiative to improve the military's image and a reduction of militarist rhetoric.[4][5]

Trial

On 6 January 2012, a court ordered his detention, charging that he participated in the organisation Ergenekon, a group with the intent of overthrowing the government. He denied the charges. This event marks the first case in the Turkish history that a former highest ranked military commander is accused before a civilian court.[6]

Decorations

Personal life

Başbuğ is married to Sevil Başbuğ and has two children. His personal interests include sociology, international diplomacy, cinema, and theatre.[1]

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b "Intellectual, hawk and cool". Turkish Daily News. Hürriyet. 2008-08-05. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
  2. ^ "Beklendiği gibi: Başbuğ". Taraf (in Turkish). 2008-08-03. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
  3. ^ Basbug - Gjenerali shqiptar në ushtrinë turke
  4. ^ [http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/9925049.asp?gid=229&sz=36429 However, his subsequent reaction to well founded critique on the handling of events leading up to the Aktütün incident has shown his limits. He has also been named recently by Turkey's Taraf newspaper as the name behind the coup plan to overthrow the ruling AKP party. "Paşa demeyin Başbuğ deyin"]. Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2008-09-17. Retrieved 2008-09-17. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help); line feed character in |url= at position 63 (help)
  5. ^ "Gazetecilik utancı". Taraf (in Turkish). Retrieved 2008-09-17.
  6. ^ Tuysuz, Gul (6 January 2012). "Ilker Basbug: Former top military chief arrested in Turkey for coup plot". GlobalPost. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  7. ^ "Office of the President of Albania" (in Albanian). Retrieved 2009-06-19.

References

Military offices
Preceded by
Hurşit Tolon
 Commander of the Turkish First Army
August 19, 2005–August 17, 2006 		Succeeded by
Fethi Remzi Tuncel
Preceded by Commander of the Turkish Army
August 30, 2006–August 28, 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief of the General Staff of Turkey
August 28, 2008–August 27, 2010 		Succeeded by

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