Preceded by Ethem Ayan Name Tahsin Sahinkaya Rank General officer | Succeeded by Halil Sozer Years of service 1943 - 1983 Role Military Officer | |
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Died July 9, 2015, Istanbul, Turkey Children Serdar Sahinkaya, Sevgi Kartal People also search for Kenan Evren, Celal Sengor, Asir Atli, Alaaddin Koval | ||
Tahsin Şahinkaya (1925 – 9 July 2015) was a Turkish Air Force general. He was Commander of the Turkish Air Force from 1978 to 1983, and previously Secretary-General of the National Security Council (1977-1978). He was one of the five leaders of the 1980 military coup, and after the coup he was a member of the Presidential Council.
In 2012, a court case was launched against Şahinkaya and Kenan Evren relating to the 1980 military coup. Both were sentenced to life imprisonment on 18 June 2014 by a court in Ankara, the capital of Turkey.
Death
Şahinkaya died at age 90 in the military "Haydarpaşa GATA Hospital" in Istanbul on July 9, 2015. He was interred at Karacaahmet Cemetery on July 11 following a memorial ceremony held at the Turkish First Army headquarters in the Selimiye Barracks and subsequent religious funeral service at the nearby Büyük Selimiye Mosque in Üsküdar. He was survived by his wife Sema, son Serdar, daughter Sevgi Kartal and son-in-law Mustafa Kartal.
