serviceyears branch death_date predecessor successor birth_place allegiance imagesize office birth_date term_start rank article_title term_end name
1943 -- 1989 turkey 26 july 2009 necip torumtay doğan güreş merzifon , turkey turkey 200px commander of the turkish army 1924 24 july 1987 general kemal yamak
 1 september 1989 kemal yamak
kemal yamak

kemal yamak -lrb- 1924 , merzifon -- 26 july 2009 -rrb- was commander of the turkish army -lrb- 1987 -- 1989 -rrb- .
he was previously head of the special warfare department -lrb- 1971 -- 1974 -rrb- .
at the request of yamak , general semih sancar , then the chief of general staff , asked bülent ecevit for a slush fund of 1 million dollars to support the counter-guerrilla programme .
it was at that point ecevit learned of its existence , and demanded a briefing .
in 2006 , he published a book defending the role of the special warfare department , and rejecting many allegations about its links with the `` deep state '' .
