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Necdet Üruğ

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Necdet Üruğ
Chief of the General Staff of Turkey
In office
6 December 1983 – 2 July 1987
Preceded byNurettin Ersin
Succeeded byHaydar Saltık
Commander of the First Army of Turkey
In office
15 March 1978 – 25 August 1981
Preceded byNurettin Ersin
Succeeded byNecip Torumtay
Commander of the Turkish Army
In office
1 July 1983 – 6 December 1983
Preceded byNurettin Ersin
Succeeded byAli Haydar Saltık
Personal details
Born19 February 1921
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died18 April 2021 (aged 100)
Istanbul, Turkey
SpouseFatma Necla
Military service
AllegianceTurkey
Branch/serviceTurkish Army
Years of service1941–1987
RankGeneral

Mustafa Necdet Üruğ (19 February 1921 – 18 April 2021) was a Turkish general and the nephew of Faruk Gürler.

Biography

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He was Commander of the First Army of Turkey (1978 – 1981) during the 1980 military coup. 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 in Istanbul on 18 April 2021, at the age of 100, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey.[1]

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