Military
man (b. 3 January 1925, Tokat). A retired lieutenant general, he is the cousin
of the former Prime Minister Ferit Melek. He graduated from Kuleli Military
High School and the Land Forces Academy. He served as the Commander of Martial
Law in Diyarbakır and the surrounding region, General Staff Captain of
Intelligence, lecturer on the history of war, geopolitics and military
geography at the Military Academy, Military Attaché in Bucharest and retired in
1992. He is an honorary member of the Professional Association of Scientific and Literary Work Owners of
Turkey and a member of the Atatürk Research Center.
WORKS:
Harp Yönetimi ve Atatürk (Battle Management and Atatürk, 1969), Malazgirt Meydan Muharebesi (War of Malazgirt, 1971), Jeopolitikten Taktiğe (From Geopolitics
To Tactics, 1971), Atatürk ve Askerlik (Atatürk
and the Military Issues, two separate books in Turkish and English, 1992), Türkiye'nin ve Türk Dünyasının Jeopolitiği
(The Geopolitics of Turkey and the Turkish World, 1993; with the title “The
Geopolitical Situation of the Turkey and the Turkish World”, 1998), Evrimleşen Türk Devrimi (Evolving Turkish Revolution, 1998), Terör, Neden Türkiye? (Terror, Why in
Turkey?, 1998), Kutsal Ocak (Sacred
January, 1999), Kafkasya'nın Gelişen Jeopolitiği
(Developing Geopolitics of the Caucasus, 1999), Türk Devrimi ve Türk Dünyası (Turkish Revolution and the Turkish
World, 2000), Avrasya Birliğine Neden
Hayır (Why No To The Eurasian Union?, 2000), Avrupa Birliğine Neden Hayır-2 (Why No To The European Union?-2,
2002).
