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Hikmet Köksal

Hikmet Köksal
Commander of the Turkish Army
In office
27 August 1996 – 28 August 1997
Preceded byMehmet Hikmet Bayer
Succeeded byHüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu
Personal details
Born1932
Yusufeli, Turkey
DiedFebruary 25, 2020(2020-02-25) (aged 87–88)
Istanbul, Turkey
Military service
AllegianceTurkey
Branch/serviceTurkish Army
Years of service1953 - 1997
RankGeneral

Hikmet Köksal (1932 – February 25, 2020[1]) was a Turkish general, born in Yusufeli. He was the Commander of the Turkish Army during the 1997 "post-modern coup", and previously Commander of the First Army of Turkey (1994-1996).[2] He was one of those arrested in 2012 as part of the investigation of the coup and of the associated West Study Group.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Hikmet Köksal, who runs the tanks, dies on February 28". Hurriyet. 26 February 2020.
  2. ^ kimkimdir.gen.tr, Orgeneral Hikmet Köksal (1932 - .... )
  3. ^ Today's Zaman, 29 May 2012, Upper echelon of clandestine BÇG jailed in latest Feb. 28 wave of arrests Archived 2012-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
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