Preceded by Faruk Gurler Name Semih Sancar Preceded by Faruk Gurler | Years of service 1930–1978 Rank General officer | |
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Died December 8, 1984, Istanbul, Turkey | ||
Service/branch Turkish Land Forces | ||
G l y zlerde solmu semih sancar
Semih Sancar (1911 – 8 December 1984) was Chief of the General Staff of Turkey from 1973 to 1978, a period including the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus. He was previously Commander of the Turkish Land Forces (1972–1973) and General Commander of the Gendarmerie of Turkey (1969–1970).
He was made a Brigadier General in 1960, Major-General in 1963, Lieutenant General in 1964 and was promoted to the rank of General in 1969. Commanded 4th Division as a Brigadier General, also sercing as Joint Chiefs of Staff Department and General Staff Operations Department, War Academies Commander attorney; with the rank of Major General, 5th Corps Commander attorney and Land Forces Operations Staff Yarbaşkanlıg As a Lieutenant General, in the Army Education Corps Command and Commander 9th Corps. Gen. rank in the August 29, 1969 - Gendarmerie General Command to August 29, 1970; from 1970 until August 28, 1972 commanded 2 Army Command. On August 28, 1972 he was appointed Commander of the Turkish Land Forces.
At the request of Special Warfare Department head General Kemal Yamak, Sancar, then the Chief of General Staff, asked Bülent Ecevit for a slush fund of 1 million dollars to support the Counter-Guerrilla programme. It was at that point Ecevit learned of its existence, and demanded a briefing.
