Years of service 1947-1994 Role Politician Service/branch Turkish Land Forces Children Serdar Gures | Succeeded by Ismail Hakki Karadayi Succeeded by Muhittin Fusunoglu Name Dogan Gures Rank General officer | |
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Died October 14, 2014, Ankara, Turkey | ||
Doğan Güreş Kimdir?
Doğan Güreş (15 February 1926 – 14 October 2014) was a Turkish general and True Path Party politician. 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". 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.
