İlker Başbuğ
| İlker Başbuğ | |
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| 26th Chief of the General Staff of Turkey | |
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In office 28 August 2008 – 27 August 2010 |
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| President | Abdullah Gül |
| Preceded by | Yaşar Büyükanıt |
| Succeeded by | Işık Koşaner |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
29 April 1943 Afyonkarahisar, Turkey |
| Spouse(s) | Sevil Başbuğ |
| Children | 2 |
| Religion | Islam |
| Website | http://www.ilkerbasbug.com |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Turkey
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| Service/branch |
 Turkish Army
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| Years of service | 1963–2010 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands | Chief of the General Staff |
Mehmet İlker Başbuğ (Turkish: [ˈilceɾ ˈbɑʃbuː]; born 29 April 1943) was the 26th Chief of the General Staff of Turkey. He was charged with contravention of Articles 309, 310, and 311 of the Turkish Penal Code. In August 2013, he was convicted on charges "establishing and leading a terrorist organization" and "attempting to destroy the Turkish government or to attempting to partially or completely prevent its functioning" and sentenced to life imprisonment as part of the Ergenekon trials. However, the Constitutional Court of Turkey determined that Başbuğ's legal rights were violated and overturned his conviction; he was released on 7 March 2014.
İlker Başbuğ was born in Afyonkarahisar, a city in western Turkey in 1943. He graduated from the Turkish Military Academy in 1962 and the Infantry School in 1963.
He served as Platoon Leader and Company Commander in various units subordinate to the Turkish Land Forces until 1971. Having graduated from the War College as staff officer in 1973, he held a wide variety of command and staff positions as Staff Officer at Plans and Operations Department at Turkish General Staff, Lecturer at the Army War College, Action Officer at the Intelligence Department at NATO Headquarters in Brussels-Belgium, Chief of Defense Research Branch of Plans and Policy Department at Turkish Land Forces Headquarters and as the Commander of the 247th Infantry Regiment, 51st Division.
Before being promoted to Brigadier General in 1989, he had completed his education at the United Kingdom Army Staff College and NATO Defense College. In this rank, he served as the Chief of Logistics and Infrastructure Department at SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe) in Mons-Belgium and as the Commander of the 1st Armored Brigade in Istanbul. He was promoted to Major General in 1993. As Major General, he served as the Deputy Commander in Gendarmerie Security Command in Diyarbakır-Turkey and then as the Turkish National Military Representative (NMR) at SHAPE and was promoted to Lieutenant General in 1996. In this rank, he served as the Commander of 2nd Corps and as the Deputy of the Secretary General of the National Security Council of the Republic of Turkey, respectively.
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