Mehmet Nuri Yamut Pasha (1890 – 5 June 1961) was a Turkish general, who became the 20th Commander of the

Turkish Armed Forces The Turkish Armed Forces (TAF; , TSK) are the armed forces, military forces of the Turkey, Republic of Turkey. The TAF consist of the Turkish Army, Land Forces, the Turkish Navy, Naval Forces and the Turkish Air Force, Air Forces. The Chief of ...

on 5 June 1950. He was a career Artillery officer. In 1943 he was appointed to the 2nd Corps ''Command in Gallipoli''. During the 2nd Corps Command, he sold his house for the Turkish soldiers who were killed in the Battle of Gallipoli, and built a monumental grave. He served as Chief of General Staff between 1950 and 1954 for a four-year period. It is the first commander-in-chief of the

Turkish Land Forces The Turkish Land Forces () is the main branch of the Turkish Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. The army was formed on November 8, 1920, after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Significant campaigns since the foun ...

Command since the transition from the

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to the modern-regular army. He then retired and entered the Parliament from the Justice Party. TBMM X. and XI. He is a deputy in Istanbul. After 27 May the then-Commander of Turkish Armed Forces

Rüştü Erdelhun Mustafa Rüştü Erdelhun (1894 9 November 1983) was a Turkish general who served as the 10th chief of the Turkish General Staff in the Turkish Armed Forces from 23 August 1958 to 27 May 1960, and the 9th commander of the Turkish Land Forces f ...

was assaulted by putschist young officers while the hero of the War of Independence,

Ali Fuat Cebesoy Ali Fuat Cebesoy (23 September 1882 – 10 January 1968) was a Turkish military officer who served in the Ottoman Army and then in the Turkish army and politician. Early life Ali Fuat was born on 23 September 1882 to father Ismail Fazil Pas ...

and

Korean War The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies. North Korea was s ...

veteran Tahsin Yazıcı and former Commander Mehmet Nuri Yamut were arrested and imprisoned. While he was a deputy, he was arrested after the 28 May coup d'etat. He then died in June 1961 during the Yassıada Judgments.

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, Turkish General Staff. {{DEFAULTSORT:Yamut, Nuri 1890 births 1961 deaths People from Salonica vilayet Turkish Army generals Turkish Military Academy alumni Army War College (Turkey) alumni Commanders of the First Army of Turkey Commanders of the Second Army of Turkey Commanders of the Turkish Land Forces Chiefs of the Turkish General Staff