Doğan Güreş
| Doğan Güreş | |
|---|---|
| Chief of the General Staff of Turkey | |
|
In office 6 December 1990 – 30 August 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Necip Torumtay |
| Succeeded by | İsmail Hakkı Karadayı |
| Commander of the Turkish Army | |
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In office 23 August 1989 – 6 December 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Kemal Yamak |
| Succeeded by | Muhittin Füsunoğlu |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
15 February 1926 Kilis, Turkey |
| Died |
14 October 2014 (aged 88) Ankara, Turkey |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Turkey |
| Service/branch | Turkish Army |
| Years of service | 1947-1994 |
| Rank | General |
| Unit | Armoured Corps - M4 Sherman - 1947 to 1954 and M47 Patton - 1954 to 1965 |
| Commands |
B Tank Company, 1st Btn 2nd Armoured Brigade (1955-1959) 1st Battalion, 2nd Armoured Brigade (1961-1965) Special Warfare Department Regiment II (1964-1972) 2nd Armoured Brigade (1972-1977) National Military Academy (1977-1980) 5th Corps (1980-1987) First Army (1987-1990) |
Doğan Güreş (15 February 1926 – 14 October 2014) was a Turkish general and True Path Party politician.[1] He was Chief of the General Staff of Turkey from 1990 to 1994, having been Commander of the First Army of Turkey (1987 - 1989) and Commander of the Turkish Army (1989 - 1990). In 1992 he proclaimed self-confidently that "Turkey is a military state".[2] After his retirement in 1994 he was elected to parliament for the True Path Party in the 1995 parliamentary elections (representing Kilis), and re-elected in 1999, serving until November 2002. He was also True Path's presidential candidate in the Turkish presidential election, 2000.
The 1991 Yeşilova incident took place under his tenure as Chief of the General Staff, as did the 1992 Operation Northern Iraq and the 26 July 1994 bombing of North Iraq.
Doğan Güreş died in the GATA hospital in Ankara on 14 October 2014.
