Feyzi Mengüç

Feyzi Mengüç
Feyzi Mengüç
9th Chief of the Turkish General Staff
	In office; 11 October 1957 – 22 August 1958
Preceded by	Hakkı Tunaboylu
Succeeded by	Rüştü Erdelhun
Personal details
Born	1894; Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Died	23 June 1966 (aged 72); Istanbul, Turkey
Military service
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire (1914–1921); Turkey (1921–1959)
Branch/service	Turkish Armed Forces
Years of service	1914–1959 (46 years)
Rank	General
Battles/wars	World War I; Turkish War of Independence

Feyzi Mengüç (1894 – 23 June 1966) was a Turkish military officer. He was the 9th Chief of the General Staff of Turkey.

Career

He graduated from the military academy and served as combat engineer officer during World War I.

Mengüç left his position in Ottoman Army and joined the war effort for the independence of Turkey on 31 July 1921.

After graduating from the Army War College in 1925, he served in various commands till 1939.

In 1939, Brigadier General, Major-General in 1941, Lieutenant General in 1947 and was promoted to the rank of General in 1953. While in this rank he was appointed as the head of the Military Supreme Court.

He served as acting Chief of General Staff between 11 October 1957 and 22 August May 1958.

He retired from his duties on 15 December 1959.^[1]^[2]

References

^ "Feyzi Mengüç" (in Turkish). Turkish Armed Forces. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
^ "9 subay hareketi" (in Turkish). Takvim. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2018.

[1] "Feyzi Mengüç" (in Turkish). Turkish Armed Forces. Retrieved 13 February 2018.

[2] "9 subay hareketi" (in Turkish). Takvim. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2018.

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