Salih Omurtak
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Salih Omurtak (1889 – 1954) was a Turkish soldier and the fourth Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces.
He was born 1889 in Selânik (Thessaloniki), then within the Ottoman Empire. He graduated from the Military College in 1907 with the rank of a lieutenant. After finishing the Academy of War in 1910, he became a staff officer and served at several headquarters in the Ottoman army.
Deployed to Ankara on January 22, 1920, he joined the Turkish revolutionaries and commanded various troops during and after the Turkish War of Independence. He was promoted to the rank of a two-star general in 1926, and in 1930, he became a three-star general. From 1940 on, Omurtak held the commander-in-chief post of the First Army in the rank of a four-star general.
He was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces on August 1, 1946 following the resignation of Kazım Orbay, and served at this position until June 8, 1949. His following duty was the membership in the Military High Advisory Board, which he held until his retirement on July 6, 1950.
Salih Omurtak died on June 23, 1954 in Ankara. His body was moved to a permanent burial place in the Turkish State Cemetery.
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Chief of the General Staff of Turkey 1946–1949 |
Succeeded by Nafiz Gürman |
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İnönü | Çakmak | Orbay | Omurtak | Gürman | Yamut | Baransel | Tunaboylu | Mengüç | Erdelhun | Gümüşpala | Sunay | Tural | Tağmaç | Gürler | Sancar | Evren | Ersin | Üruğ | Torumtay | Güreş | Karadayı | Kıvrıkoğlu | Özkök | Büyükanıt |
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