| Âsım Gündüz 1316-P. 2[1] | |
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| Born | (1880-12-01)December 1, 1880 |
| Died | January 14, 1970(1970-01-14) (aged 90) |
| Place of birth | Kütahya, Ottoman Empire |
| Place of death | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Buried at | Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı |
| Allegiance |
 Ottoman Empire Turkey |
| Years of service |
Ottoman: 1901–1920 Turkey: August 3, 1921 – August 3, 1945 |
| Rank | Orgeneral |
| Commands held |
Chief 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 Collage, 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/wars |
Balkan Wars First World War War of Independence |
| Other work | Member of the GNAT (Kütahya) |
Âsım Gündüz (1880; Kütahya – January 14, 1970; Ankara) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army. During the Second World War he was the assistant of Chief of the General Staff Fevzi Çakmak[2] Gündüz knew and was a friend of Wilhelm Keitel.[2]
See also
Sources
- ↑ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademlerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 124. (Turkish)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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, page 40
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