Dündar Taşer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Dündar Taşer

Turkish politician

Date of Birth: 15-May-1925

Place of Birth: Gaziantep, Turkey

Date of Death: 13-Jun-1972

Profession: military personnel, politician

Nationality: Turkey

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Dündar Taşer

  • Dündar Taser (1925 – June 14, 1972) was a Turkish soldier and politician who was a leading figure in Turkish nationalism. He was born in Gaziantep to a traditionalist family and underwent training to become an officer in the Turkish Army, eventually reaching the rank of Major.
  • A supporter of the conservative elements in the army, he took part in the coup d'état of Cemal Gürsel on 27 May 1960.
  • But as a member of The Fourteen, a group around Alparslan Türke?, he was sent into exile to Switzerland to serve as a military attache in the Turkish embassy in Zürich.Forced to retire from the army, he entered politics along with his close associate Alparslan Türkes by joining Cumhuriyetçi Köylü Millet Partisi (which was later renamed the Nationalist Movement Party).
  • A strong advocate of Pan-Turkism, he established a camp to train North Cypriot guerillas in 1968.He died in a road accident in 1972.
  • Following his death his friend, the historian Ziya Nur Aksun, collected many of his words and published them.

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