Fuat Doğu

Fuat Doğu (1914–2004) was a Turkish military officer who served as the undersecretary of the Turkish National Intelligence Agency and as the ambassador of Turkey to Portugal.

Sadi Koçaş
Birth nameMehmet Fuat
Born1914 (1914)
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died31 May 2004 (aged 89–90)
Istanbul, Turkey
Allegiance Turkey
Service/branch Turkish Land Forces
RankLieutenant general
Alma materTurkish Military Academy
Children2
Other workUndersecretary of the Turkish National Intelligence Agency

Early life and education

He was born in Istanbul in 1914.[1] He graduated from the Turkish Military Academy.[1]

Career and activities

After working at different positions in the Turkish Land Forces Staff Lieutenant Colonel Doğu joined the National Intelligence Agency on 14 September 1954.[2] He was one of the pupils of German military and intelligence officer Reinhard Gehlen.[2] Doğu became a staff colonel and was named as the undersecretary of the National Intelligence Agency on 27 August 1962.[1] His term ended on 25 August 1964, and he was appointed as the commander of the 59th Division in Sivas.[2] Then he was made a member of the General Staff Inspection Board.[2] He retired from the army with the title of lieutenant general.[2]

Doğu was reappointed as the undersecretary of the intelligence agency on 1 March 1966.[1] The agency began to collect information for the National Security Council which had been established with the new constitution put into force in 1961.[3] Prime Minister Nihat Erim and Deputy Prime Minister Sadi Koçaş found that Doğu was heading a secret unit within the National Intelligence Agency.[4] They fired him from office on 23 July 1971.[4] In 1973 Doğu was appointed ambassador of Turkey to Portugal and served in the post until 1978.[2]

Death

Doğu died on 31 May 2004.[2]

References
  1. "Mehmet Fuat Doğu (1914-2004)". National Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  2. "Fuat Doğu kimdir". En Son Haber (in Turkish). 10 February 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  3. Feroz Ahmad (2010). "Military and Politics in Turkey". In Celia Kerslake; Kerem Ökten; Philip Robins (eds.). Turkey's Engagement with Modernity. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 98. doi:10.1057/9780230277397_7. ISBN 978-1-349-31326-6.
  4. İlker Aytürk (2017). "The Flagship Institution of Cold War Turcology". European Journal of Turkish Studies (24). doi:10.4000/ejts.5517.
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