Necdet Üruğ | |
Birth Date: | 19 February 1921 |
Birth Place: | Istanbul, Ottoman Empire |
Death Date: | 18 April 2021 (aged 100) |
Death Place: | Istanbul, Turkey |
Office: | Chief of the General Staff of Turkey |
Term Start: | 6 December 1983 |
Term End: | 2 July 1987 |
Office1: | Commander of the First Army of Turkey |
Term Start1: | 15 March 1978 |
Term End1: | 25 August 1981 |
Predecessor: | Nurettin Ersin |
Successor: | Haydar Saltık |
Predecessor1: | Nurettin Ersin |
Successor1: | Necip Torumtay |
Office2: | Commander of the Turkish Army |
Term Start2: | 1 July 1983 |
Term End2: | 6 December 1983 |
Predecessor2: | Nurettin Ersin |
Successor2: | Ali Haydar Saltık |
Spouse: | Fatma Necla |
Allegiance: | Turkey |
Branch: | Turkish Army |
Serviceyears: | 1941–1987 |
Rank: | General |
Mustafa Necdet Üruğ (19 February 1921 – 18 April 2021) was a Turkish general and the nephew of Faruk Gürler.
He was Commander of the First Army of Turkey (1978 – 1981) during the 1980 military coup. After the coup he was Commander of the Turkish Army (1983), and Chief of the General Staff of Turkey (1983 – 1987), as well as Secretary-General of the Presidential Council (from 1983).
Üruğ died from complications of COVID-19 in Istanbul on 18 April 2021, at the age of 100, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey.[1]