[WAR JOURNAL BY COMMANDER OF THE TURKISH ARMED FORCES IN KOREA] Birinci Türk tugayinda Kore hatiralarim [i.e., My memories of Korea in the First Turkish Brigade].

[WAR JOURNAL BY COMMANDER OF THE TURKISH ARMED FORCES IN KOREA] Birinci Türk tugayinda Kore hatiralarim [i.e., My memories of Korea in the First Turkish Brigade].

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YAZICI, TAHSIN (1892-1971).

Ülkü Basimevi, Istanbul, 1963.

Original illustrated wrappers. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 16,5 cm). In Turkish. [14], [2], 384 p., 100 numbered reproduced b/w photographs. A very good copy. 

First edition of this comprehensive account and war memoirs of the Korean War, written by the commander of the Turkish Brigade.

In the Korean War that began in July 1950, Yazici was appointed Commander of the Turkish Armed Forces in Korea, which were sent to South Korea to fight on the side of the United Nations. He arrived in Korea on October 17, 1950, as the head of a fully equipped and reinforced Turkish military unit of 5,000 soldiers, prepared as a brigade-level force to join the war alongside South Korean troops. Immediately deployed to the front lines, he led the unit to major successes in battles that took place in regions such as Pusan, Suwon, Kumhwa, and Elco. During the Battle of Kunuri (where 352 soldiers were wounded and 78 were killed in a single night) the resistance of the Turkish unit prevented the destruction of the U.S. Eighth Army. He was promoted to the rank of major general in 1951 during the war. He returned to Turkey in November 1951 and retired in 1952.

As of August 2025, OCLC lists eight copies in the North American libraries (13209242).