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
Ottoman army
The Military of the Ottoman Empire () was the armed forces of the Ottoman Empire. It was founded in 1299 and dissolved in 1922.
Army
The Military of the Ottoman Empire can be divided in five main periods. The foundation era covers the years ...
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.
References
External links
Chiefs of General Staff, Turkish General Staff.
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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