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Daniş Karabelen (1898 - 1983〔kitap.radikal.com.tr, (Beş kıt'ada bir Türk Paşa'sı Daniş Karabelen )〕) was a Turkish Army general who was the founder of Turkey's Tactical Mobilisation Group in 1952, and served as its chief until his retirement in 1960. ==Career== Karabelen was among those taken out of Military School in 1915 to participate in the Turkish defence against the Allied Gallipoli Campaign.〔Ilknur Boray, (A Friendship that Survived Two Continents, One War, 70 Years ), ''Voice of Atatürk'', Fall 2010, Atatürk Society of America〕 Surviving this, he became an officer in the Turkish Army and worked closely with Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and taking a lead in developing some sports in the new Republic of Turkey, becoming Turkey's first national pole-vaulting champion.〔 Karabelen was one of sixteen soldiers (including Turgut Sunalp, Ahmet Yıldız, Alparslan Türkeş, Suphi Karaman, and Fikret Ateşdağlı) who were sent to the United States in 1948 for training in special warfare. These people were to form the core of what would later be called the Special Warfare Department ((トルコ語:Özel Harp Dairesi), or ÖHD), founded by Karabelen as the Tactical Mobilisation Group in September 1952.〔〔''Bugün'', 5 January 2010, (Kozmik odaya giren tek siyasetçi )〕 Karabelen (then a Colonel) served in the Korean War from November 1952 to August 1953,〔 as Assistant Commanding Officer of the Third Turkish Brigade.〔''(Twenty-fifth Infantry Division: Tropic Lightning, Korea, 1950-1954, Volume 2 )'', Turner Publishing Company 2002, p145〕 During this time he was one of 7 Turkish officers who attended the April 1953 Anzac Day commemoration in Australia, the first time Turkey had sent representatives.〔 In 1954 he was awarded the Legion of Merit in the degree of Legionnaire by the United States Army.〔Military Times, (Danis Karabelen )〕 Karabelen served as chief of the Tactical Mobilisation Group until his retirement in 1960.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daniş Karabelen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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