What is Yaşar Büyükanıt?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Yaşar Büyükanıt |image = Yaşar Büyükanıt cropped.jpg |order = [[List of Chiefs of the Turkish General Staff|25th]] |title = [[Chief of the General Staff (Turkey)|Chief of the General Staff of Turkey]] |term_start = 28 August 2006 |term_end = 28 August 2008 |predecessor = [[Hilmi Özkök]] |successor = [[İlker Başbuğ]] |president = [[Ahmet Necdet Sezer]]<br />[[Abdullah Gül]] |birth_date = {{Birth date|1940|09|01|df=y}} |death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2019|11|21|1940|9|1}} |birth_place = [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]] |death_place = Istanbul, Turkey |spouse = Filiz Büyükanıt |branch = {{army|Turkey}} |serviceyears = 1961–2008 |rank = [[File:Turkey-army-OF-9.svg|22px]] [[General]] |battles = }} [[General officer|General]] '''Mehmet Yaşar Büyükanıt''' (1 September 1940 – 21 November 2019) was a Turkish military official. He was the 25th [[Chief of the Turkish General Staff]] of the [[Turkish Armed Forces]], from 28 August 2006 to 28 August 2008. Büyükanıt died on 21 November 2019 at a hospital in [[Istanbul]] of [[heart failure|heart]] and [[respiratory failure]] at the age of 79.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkeys-ex-military-chief-yasar-buyukanit-dies-at-79-148923|title=Turkey's ex-military chief Yaşar Büyükanıt dies at 79|publisher=HurriteyDaily|date=21 November 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Buyukanit, Yasar}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Turkish politicians]] [[Category:Turkish military people]] [[Category:People from Istanbul]] {{bio-stub}}