Nafiz Gürman Explained

Nafiz Gürman
1319-P. 5[1]
Birth Place:Bodrum, Aidin Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Death Place:Istanbul, Turkey
Placeofburial:Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı
State Cemetery
Allegiance:
Turkey
Serviceyears:Ottoman: 1903-1919
Turkey: 2 March 1921 - 6 July 1950
Rank:General
Commands:Chief of Staff of the Aleppo Regular Division, Chief of Staff of the 26th Division, Military advisor of Tolipolitania, Chief of Staff of the Africa Groups, 148th Regiment, Chief of Staff of the Africa Groups, Chief of Staff of the I Corps
1st Division, Chief of Staff of the Thrace Command, Chief of Staff of the Second Army, IV Corps (deputy), VI Corps, IX Corps, Undersecretary of the Ministry of National Defense, Inspector of the Second Army, member of the Supreme Military Council, Chief of the General Staff
Battles:Italo-Turkish War
Balkan Wars
First World War
War of Independence
Laterwork:Member of the Constituent Assembly

Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman (1882; Bodrum - 6 February 1966; Istanbul) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army. He fought in the Caucasus campaign during World War I. He later joined the forces of Atatürk and participated in the Turkish War of Independence. After his retirement in 1949, he was Ambassador to South Korea and Iran, until 1959.

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  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. 195.