Ragıp Gümüşpala

Ragıp Gümüşpala (1897, Edirne, Adrianople Vilayet - 6 June 1964) was the 11th Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces and founder of the Justice Party in 1961. He died shortly afterwards, on 6 June 1964, in Istanbul.

Previously he was brigadier general in 1948. After serving in various headquarters and troops, major-general in 1951, lieutenant in 1955 and was promoted to the rank of general in 1959. With the rank of brigadier general 65th Division Infantry Brigade Commander, Motor Systems School Command, 9th Division Vice Commander and 3rd Army Chief of Staff, and Major General Commander 65th Division and the 2nd Corps Deputy Commander, with rank of Lieutenant General Commander 7th Corps and Acting Army Commander, 3rd Army.

References

Ragıp Gümüşpala at Encyclopædia Britannica

External links

Ragıp GÜMÜŞPALA in the official website of the Turkish General Staff

Military offices
Preceded by Cemal Gürsel	Commander of the Third Army 29 August 1958–5 June 1960	Succeeded by Daniyal Yurdatapan
Preceded by Rüştü Erdelhun	Chief of the General Staff of Turkey 3 June 1960–4 August 1960	Succeeded by Cevdet Sunay

Chiefs of the General Staff of Turkey

İnönü Çakmak Orbay Omurtak Gürman Yamut Baransel Tunaboylu Mengüç Erdelhun Gümüşpala Sunay Tural Tağmaç Gürler Sancar Evren Ersin Üruğ Torumtay Güreş Karadayı Kıvrıkoğlu Özkök Büyükanıt Başbuğ Koşaner Özel Akar

Leader of the Main Opposition of Turkey

Kazım Karabekir Fethi Okyar Celâl Bayar İsmet İnönü Ekrem Alican Ragıp Gümüşpala Süleyman Demirel Bülent Ecevit Necdet Calp Aydın Güven Gürkan Erdal İnönü Mesut Yılmaz Necmettin Erbakan Recai Kutan Deniz Baykal Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu

Leaders of the
Democrat Party/Justice Party/True Path Party/Democrat Party

Democrat Party
(1946-1960)

Celal Bayar (1946-1950)
Adnan Menderes (1950-1960)

Justice Party
(1961-1981)

Ragıp Gümüşpala (1961-1964)
Süleyman Demirel (1964-1981)

True Path Party
(1983-2007)

Ahmet Nusret Tuna (1983) Yıldırım Avcı (1983-1985) Hüsamettin Cindoruk (1985-1987) Süleyman Demirel (1987-1993) Mehmet Gölhan (1993) Tansu Çiller (1993-2002) Mehmet Ağar (2002-2007)

True Path Party (2007) 2007-present	Çetin Özaçıkgöz (2007- )

Democrat Party
(2007-present)

Süleyman Soylu (2008-2009)
Hüsamettin Cindoruk (2009-2011)
Namık Kemal Zeybek (2011-2012)
Gültekin Uysal (2012-present)

Party leaders in Turkey

Before 1960	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Kâzım Karabekir Fethi Okyar İsmet İnönü Nuri Demirağ Celâl Bayar Hikmet Bayur Adnan Menderes Osman Bölükbaşı Ekrem Hayri Üstündağ Fevzi Lütfi Karaosmanoğlu

1960–80	Ekrem Alican Ragıp Gümüşpala Ahmet Oğuz Mehmet Ali Aybar Süleyman Demirel Alparslan Türkeş Turhan Feyzioğlu Hüseyin Balan Mustafa Timisi Ferruh Bozbeyli Behice Boran Necmettin Erbakan Bülent Ecevit Kemal Satır

1980–present	Turgut Sunalp Turgut Özal Necdet Calp Erdal İnönü Ahmet Nusret Tuna Cezmi Kartay Yıldırım Avcı Ahmet Tekdal Hüsamettin Cindoruk Aydın Güven Gürkan Ülkü Söylemezoğlu Rahşan Ecevit Mehmet Yazar Necdet Karababa Yıldırım Akbulut Mesut Yılmaz Doğu Perinçek Tansu Çiller Murat Karayalçın Deniz Baykal Hikmet Çetin Devlet Bahçeli Recai Kutan Altan Öymen Ahmet Türk Recep Tayyip Erdoğan İsmail Cem İpekçi Zeki Sezer Yaşar Nuri Öztürk Masum Türker Süleyman Soylu Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu Ahmet Davutoğlu Binali Yıldırım Selahattin Demirtaş

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