Talât Aydemir
Turkish military officer and statesperson (1917–1964)
Ahmet Talât Aydemir (1917 in Söğüt – 5 July 1964 in Altındağ) was a Turkish officer who led two unsuccessful military coup attempts on February 22, 1962 and May 20, 1963 and was executed for his part in them.
Early life and education
Aydemir was the son of a war-wounded Major, Necip Aydemir. On his mother’s side he was the nephew of Çerkes Ethem and his sister Fahriye was married to Hakkı Alican, the older brother of finance minister Ekrem Alican.
He attended primary school at the Cumhuriyet School in Adapazarı and secondary school at Kadıköy Boys' High School. He entered Kuleli Military High School on September 1, 1934 and transferred to the Turkish Military Academy on May 5, 1937. On May 31, 1939, he graduated as a second lieutenant and began attending the Artillery School in Halıcıoğlu. He was promoted to lieutenant on November 30, 1939 and assigned to the 43rd Artillery Battery in Kırklareli on October 11, 1940. He was then promoted to first lieutenant in 1943 and to captain in 1947, the same year in which he passed the entrance exam for the Army War Institute.
He began his studies there in 1948, graduating in 1949 as an assistant staff officer. He was assigned to the 12th Division in Sivas where he became commander of an artillery detachment.
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