Nurettin Ersin

Nurettin Ersin (* 1918 in Çanakkale , Çanakkale Province ; † October 3, 2005 in Ankara ) was a Turkish general who, among other things, served as State Secretary from 1971 to 1973 as head of the intelligence service Millî İstihbarat Teşkilâtı (MIT) and most recently in 1983 as head of the general staff ( Genelkurmay Başkanı ) of the Turkish Armed Forces ( Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri ) was.

Life

Training as an officer and head of MIT

After attending the military academy of Bursa Ersin resigned as an officer cadet in 1935 in the Military School ( Harp Okulu a) he 1937 as a second lieutenant of infantry left. After completing the infantry school between 1937 and 1938, he found employment in various military units until 1945, where he served as platoon leader and company commander . He then joined the military academy ( Harp Akademisi ) as an officer auditor and, after graduating from 1948 to 1963, was employed as an officer and staff officer in various units.

In 1963 Ersin was promoted to Brigadier General and as such was first Deputy Chief of Staff of the 3rd Army , then Deputy Commander of the 66th Division and Head of Supply and Control in the General Staff of Turkey , before he became Deputy Undersecretary of the National Intelligence Service MIT . He carried out this task after his promotion to major general in 1966 and then became commander of the 4th Infantry Division .

After being promoted to Lieutenant General in 1970, he was initially the commander of the armed forces in western Turkey, before becoming head of the intelligence service Millî İstihbarat Teşkilâtı (MIT) on August 2, 1971 as the successor to Mehmet Fuat Doğu in the rank of State Secretary , and this function until his replacement held by Bülent Türker on June 25, 1973.

Occupation of Northern Cyprus, military coup in 1980 and chief of staff

Later he was after the occupation of the north of the island of Cyprus by Turkey on July 20, 1974 commander of the land forces deployed there in the "peace operation" ( Kıbrıs Barış Harekatı ) carried out from the Turkish point of view .

During this time he was promoted to general in 1974. As such, he succeeded Orhan Yiğit as General Commander of the Gendarmerie ( Jandarma ) on August 22, 1975 and retained this function until he was replaced by Şahap Yardımoğlu on January 5, 1976. He then became General Secretary of the post-military coup on May 27 1960 established the National Security Council ( Milli Güvenlik Kurulu ), before he in 1977 succeeded General Adnan Ersöz as commander of the 1st army was.

On March 9, 1978, Ersin succeeded General Kenan Evren as Commander-in-Chief of the Land Forces ( Türk Kara Kuvetleri ), while General Necdet Üruğ was his successor as Commander-in-Chief of the 1st Army. As commander in chief of the land forces, he was one of the main actors in the military coup of September 12, 1980, alongside General Evren . After the coup, which was Turkish Constitution of 1961 set partially suspended, so that from General Evren him, General Tahsin Şahinkaya , General Sedat Celasun and Admiral Nejat Tümer existing National Security Council ( Milli Güvenlik Konseyi ) the Executive - and Legislativgewalten could take over.

After he finally succeeded General Evren, who became President of the Republic , as Chief of the General Staff on July 1, 1983 , General Üruğ succeeded him again as Commander-in-Chief of the Land Forces. After only a few months in office, however, Ersin was retired on December 6, 1983 , whereupon the new Chief of the General Staff was again General Necdet Üruğ.

After his death, Ersin was buried in the Cebeci military cemetery.

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