Semyon Budyonny) invited to attend the 10th anniversary celebrations of the young Turkish Republic. In 1935, he attended military maneuvers in Kiev, Ukraine as the chief of staff of the Turkish Military Delegation and between 1936-1937 was sent to Moscow as the Turkish Military Attaché. Over all these years, he knew many prominent Soviet military and political figures of that period in person. He was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in 1939 and to the rank of major general in 1941. During the Second World War period, he served as a division commander for four years on the eastern border of Turkey. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in 1946. In 1947, he became the Operational Deputy Chief of the Turkish General Staff. When he retired in 1950, he was the General commander of Gendarmerie. Lt. General Berköz died in 1975. His decorations included War Medal, Silver Order of Merit, Medal of Independence (Istiklal Madalyasi) etc. Besides Russian, he spoke French and some Swedish. Along his military career, he was also deeply interested in history, Russian literature and Turkic languages. Because of his interest in Turkic languages, he was invited to join the special committee set by Turkish Language Association to translate Edouard K. Pekarski's Yakut-Russian dictionary into Turkish. Apart from this, he authored and translated from Russian a number of military books and wrote newspaper articles on military and strategic issues. See also Baba Behbud Cahangir bey Novruzov Sources 1889 births 1975 deaths Turkish people of Azerbaijani descent People from Shaki, Azerbaijan Ottoman Military Academy alumni Army War College (Turkey) alumni Turkish Army generals General Commanders of the Gendarmerie of Turkey