Salih Omurtak

Salih Omurtak
1323 (1910)-P. 1[1]
Born1889
Thessaloniki, Salonica Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died1954 (aged 64–65)
Ankara, Turkey
Buried
Allegiance
Years of service
  • Ottoman: 20 September 1907–1920
  • Turkey: 1 January 1920 – 6 July 1950
RankGeneral
Commands61st Division, Staff of Chief of the Third Army, 8th Corps, 9th Corps, 3rd Corps, Member of the Supreme Military Council, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, First Army, Chief of the General Staff, Member of the Supreme Military Council
Battles / wars

Salih Omurtak (1889–23 June 1954) was a Turkish general and the fourth Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces.

  1. ^ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 231. (in Turkish)