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Büyükanit, Yasar was born in 1940 in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Yasar Büyükanit, Turkish career military officer. Decorated Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Distinguished Service, Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Distinguished Courage and Self-Sacrifice, Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Honor, Italian Medal of Honor, United States of America Legion of Merit, Pakistani Nishan-y Imtiaz.
Education
Graduate as Infantry Officer, Military Academy, 1961. Graduate, Infantry School, 1963. Graduate, Army Staff College, 1972.
Graduate, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Defense College.
Career
Platoon and commando company Commander with various Land Forces units Turkish Armed Forces, 1963—1970, chief of operations 6th Infantry Division, 1972, instructor Army Staff College, intelligence division basic intelligence branch forces and systems section chief Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe Mons, Belgium, section chief to branch chief General-Admiral Branch Turkish General Staff Headquarters, Commander Kuleli Military High School and Presidential Guard Regiment, brigadier general, 1988, Commander 2nd Armored Brigade, chief intelligence department Allied Joint Force Command Naples, Italy, major general, 1992, secretary general Turkish General Staff, superintendent Turkish Army Academy, lieutenant general, 1996, Commander 7th Army Corps, 1996—1998, chief operations Turkish General Staff, 1998, general, 2000, deputy chief Turkish General Staff, 2000—2003, Commander First Army, 2003, Commander Land Forces, 2004, Commander, since 2006. Turkish chief of staff North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 2006—2008.
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Married Filiz Büyükanit.
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Decorated Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Distinguished Service, Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Distinguished Courage and Self-Sacrifice, Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Honor, Italian Medal of Honor, United States of America Legion of Merit, Pakistani Nishan-y Imtiaz.Decorated Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Distinguished Service, Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Distinguished Courage and Self-Sacrifice, Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Honor, Italian Medal of Honor, United States of America Legion of Merit, Pakistani Nishan-y Imtiaz.