Mustafa Necdet Üruğ (19 February 1921 – 18 April 2021) was a Turkish general and Üruğthe nephew of Faruk Gürler.

Biography

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).

Necdet Üruğ

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.

Necdet Üruğ

References

1921 births

2021 deaths

Chiefs of the Turkish General Staff

Men centenarians

Commanders of the Turkish Land Forces

Turkish Army generals

Turkish centenarians

Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey

Military personnel from Istanbul

Necdet Üruğ