Raymond Westerling

Raymond Westerling
Westerling in 1948
Birth name	Raymond Pierre Paul Westerling
Nickname(s)	The Turk
Born	(1919-08-31)31 August 1919 Pera, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (current-day Turkey)
Died	26 November 1987(1987-11-26) (aged 68) Purmerend, Netherlands
Buried	De Nieuwe Ooster Cemetery, Amsterdam 52°20′45″N 04°56′21″E / 52.34583°N 4.93917°E / 52.34583; 4.93917
Allegiance	United Kingdom (until 1946)  Netherlands
Service years	1941–1950
Rank	Captain
Commands held	Korps Speciale Troepen Legion of the Just Ruler
Conflict(s)	Indonesian National Revolution South Sulawesi campaign APRA coup d'état attempt
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Raymond Pierre Paul Westerling (31 August 1919 – 26 November 1987) was a Dutch military officer of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army. He orchestrated a counter-guerrilla operation in Sulawesi during the Indonesian National Revolution after World War II and participated in a coup attempt against the Government of Indonesia in January 1950, a month after the official transfer of sovereignty. Both actions were denounced as war crimes by the Indonesian authorities. Born in the Ottoman Empire, despite his nickname, The Turk, Westerling was of mixed Dutch and Greek descent.