Faik Türün

Faik Türün (17 October 1913, Bursa - 15 February 2003^[1]) was a Turkish general. He served in the Korean War as the Chief of Operations for the Turkish Brigade and was awarded the Silver Star^[2] by General Douglas MacArthur. He was the Commander of the First Army of Turkey during the 1971 Turkish coup d'état. He was one of the leading persons associated with the Counter-Guerrilla in the 1970s, and obstructed a coup plot of young "socialist" officers in that capacity, which was planned to take place on March 9, 1971 under the tutelage of the then Turkish Air Force commander General Muhsin Batur. He led Operation Sledgehammer (associated with the Ziverbey Villa) against these officers and the associated journalists and writers, who were supposed to have been plotting a coup to establish a new government with strong socialist tendencies. During this operation, it is claimed by several journalists and politicians that Faik Türün was behind the tortures of political opponents in Ziverbey Villa .^[3] After retirement from the Army, he was elected to Turkish Parliament as a deputy for the conservative and right-wing Justice Party from 1977, representing Manisa.^[4]

Faik Türün
Commander of the First Army of Turkey
In office 29 September 1970 – 14 August 1973
Preceded by	Kemal Atalay
Succeeded by	Hüseyin Doğan Özgöçmen
Personal details
Born	17 October 1913 Bursa, Ottoman Empire
Died	15 February 2003
Military service
Allegiance	Turkey
Branch/service	Turkish Army
Years of service	1933-1975
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Korean War

References

1. kimkimdir.gen.tr, Orgeneral Faik Türün (1913 - 2003) Archived 2012-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
2. YILDIRIM TÜRKER, Radikal, 14 March 2011, 12 Mart'ın kahramanı
3. Hürriyet, the most popular daily Turkish newspaper
4. International Institute of Social History, Faik Türün Papers