Asım Gündüz

Âsım Gündüz (1880; Kütahya – January 14, 1970; Istanbul) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army.

Âsım Gündüz
1316-P. 2[1]
Born1880 (1880)
Kütahya, Ottoman Empire
DiedJanuary 14, 1970(1970-01-14) (aged 89–90)
Istanbul, Turkey
Buried
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
 Turkey
Years of serviceOttoman: 1901–1920
Turkey: August 3, 1921 – August 3, 1945
RankOrgeneral
Commands heldChief of Staff of the III Corps, Chief of Staff of the Sinai Front, Vice Chief of Staff of the Eighth Army, 48th Division, teacher of tactics in the Staff College, teacher of princes, 2nd division of the General Staff
Chief of Staff of the Western Front, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, VIII Corps, IX Corps, V Corps, member of the Military Supreme Council
Battles/warsBalkan Wars
First World War
War of Independence
Other workMember of the GNAT (Kütahya)
Âsım Gündüz Pasha
Âsım Gündüz in Antakya, Hatay Province

During the Second World War he was the assistant of Chief of the General Staff Fevzi Çakmak.[2]

See also

Sources

  1. T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 124. (in Turkish)
  2. John M. VanderLippe, The politics of Turkish democracy: İsmet İnönü and the formation of the multi-party system, 1938-1950, SUNY Press, 2005 ISBN 0-7914-6435-0.

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