Dündar Taşer

Dündar Taşer (1925 – June 14, 1972) was a Turkish soldier and politician who was a leading figure in Turkish nationalism.

He was born in Gaziantep to a traditionalist family and underwent training to become an officer in the Turkish Army, eventually reaching the rank of Major. A supporter of the conservative elements in the army, he took part in the coup d'état of Cemal Gürsel on 27 May 1960. But as a member of The Fourteen, a group around Alparslan Türkeş,[1] he was sent into exile to Switzerland to serve as a military attache in the Turkish embassy in Zürich.[2]

Forced to retire from the army, he entered politics along with his close associate Alparslan Türkeş by joining Cumhuriyetçi Köylü Millet Partisi (which was later renamed the Nationalist Movement Party). A strong advocate of Pan-Turkism, he established a camp to train North Cypriot guerillas in 1968.[3]

He died in a road accident in 1972.[2] Following his death his friend, the historian Ziya Nur Aksun, collected many of his words and published them.[4]