The Turkish Education Association, was established on January 1, 1928, under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, was a Turkish army officer, revolutionary, and founder of which country, serving as its first President from 1923 until his death in 1938?
Turkish Education Association The Turkish Education Association (Turkish: "Türk Eğitim Derneği" ) was established on January 1, 1928, under Atatürk's vision and leadership. The organization acquired the status of an 'association for public benefit' in the resolution of the Council of Ministers, on December 12, 1939. Atatürk always believed in the indisputable role of education in the modernization of Turkey.
Faik Türün Faik Türün (17 October 1913, Bursa - 15 February 2003) was a Turkish general. He served in the Korean War as the Chief of Operations for the Turkish Brigade and was awarded the Silver Star by General Douglas MacArthur. He was the Commander of the First Army of Turkey during the 1971 Turkish coup d'état. He was one of the leading persons associated with the Counter-Guerrilla in the 1970s, and obstructed a coup plot of young "marxist" officers in that capacity, which was planned to take place on March 9, 1971 under the tutelage of the then Turkish Air Force commander General Muhsin Batur. He led Operation Sledgehammer (associated with the Ziverbey Villa) against these officers who were plotting a coup to establish "Turkish Peoples Democratic Republic", modeled after North Korean state system. After retirement from the Army, he was elected to Turkish Parliament as a deputy for the Justice Party from 1977, representing Manisa.