This list includes Commanders of the First Army of Turkey.
| Name | Foto | Birth date Death date Cemetry |
Rank (last rank) |
Start End |
Register Year of Graduation: KHO Year of Graduation: Ottoman / Turkish staff college |
Note | |
| - | Ali Ihsan Pasha (First Army of the Western Front) |
1882, Istanbul 9 December 1957 Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı |
Mirliva | 9 October 1921 19 June 1922 |
P. 1317 (1901)-1 1905 (58. sınıf) |
Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence |
|
| - | Nureddin Pasha (First Army of the Western Front) |
1873, Bursa 18 February 1932 |
Mirliva (Ferik) |
29 June 1922 15 August 1923 |
P. 1309 (1893)-31 - |
Greco-Turkish War Italo-Turkish War Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence |
|
| 1 | Kâzım Karabekir Pasha | 1882, Istanbul 25 January 1948 Ankara Hava Şehitliği Devlet Mezarlığı |
Ferik (Birinci Ferik) |
21 October 1923 26 October 1924 |
P. 1318 (1902)-1 1905 (58. sınıf) |
Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence |
|
| 2 | Ali Sait Pasha | 1972, Manyas 20 March 1950 Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı |
Birinci Ferik | 26 October 1924 21 November 1933 |
P. 1311 (1895)-1 1898 (51. sınıf) |
Italo-Turkish War Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence |
|
| 3 | Fahrettin Altay | 1880, Shkodër 25 October 1974 ? Devlet Mezarlığı |
Orgeneral | 22 November 1933 19 December 1943 |
P. 1315 (1899)-1 1905 (58. sınıf) |
Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence |
|
| 4 | Cemil Cahit Toydemir | 1883, Istanbul 15 July 1956 Edirnekapı Şehitliği |
Orgeneral | 17 December 1943 15 June 1946 (emeklilik) |
P. 1318 (1902)-311 - |
Italo-Turkish War Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence |
|
| 5 | Salih Omurtak | 1887, Thessaloniki 23 June 1954 Ankara Hava Şehitliği Devlet Mezarlığı |
Orgeneral | 17 June 1946 29 July 1946 |
P. 1323 (1907)-1 1910 (63. sınıf) |
Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence |
|
| 6 | Nuri Yamut | 1890, Thessaloniki 5 June 1961 Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı |
Orgeneral | 9 August 1946 1 July 1949 |
Top. 1324 (1908)-27 1920 (67. sınıf) |
Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence |
|
| 7 | Asım Tınaztepe | 1892, Skopje 14 June 1951 |
Orgeneral | 8 July 1949 23 June 1950 |
Top. 1327 (1911)-8 1924 (68. sınıf) |
Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence |
|
| 8 | Şükrü Kanatlı | 1893, Istanbul 15 January 1954 Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı |
Orgeneral | 24 June 1950 27 December 1951 |
Top. 1328 (1912)-b-101 1926 (70. sınıf) |
Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence Annexation of the Sanjak of Alexandretta |
|
| 9 | Zekâi Okan | 1895, Istanbul 14 August 1966 |
Orgeneral | 27 December 1951 11 August 1952 |
P. 1330 (1914)-46 1926 (70. sınıf) |
Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence |
|
| 10 | Nurettin Baransel | 1897, Istanbul 21 May 1967 Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı |
Orgeneral | 4 November 1952 6 April 1954 |
P. 1328 (1912)-b-84 1925 (69. sınıf) |
World War I War of Independence |
|
| 11 | İsmail Hakkı Tunaboylu | 1895, (Oryahovo, Bulgaria) 28 October 1958 Ankara Asri Mezarlığı |
Orgeneral | 6 April 1954 13 July 1955 |
Top. 1330 (1914)-c-3 1927 (71. sınıf) |
World War I War of Independence |
|
| 12 | Ahmet Nurettin Aknoz | 1898, Istanbul 21 June 1964 Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı |
Orgeneral | 9 September 1955 22 June 1956 |
Top. 1330 (1914)-c-11 1927 (71. sınıf) |
World War I War of Independence |
|
| 13 | Vedat Garan | 1895, Istanbul 5 October 1964 |
Korgeneral (Orgeneral) |
vekâleten | Mu. 1330 (1914)-c-31 1926 (70. sınıf) |
World War I War of Independence |
|
| 14 | Nazmi Ataç | 1893, Selimiye 16 March 1972 |
Orgeneral | 16 June 1956 19 September 1957 |
P. 1330 (1914)-c-3 1927 (71. sınıf) |
World War I War of Independence |
|
| 15 | Fazıl Bilge | 1897, Manastır (Bitola, Makedonya) |
Orgeneral | 13 December 1957 1 September 1958 |
P. 1332 (1916)-47 1928 (72. sınıf) |
World War I War of Independence |
|
| 16 | Fahri Özdilek | 1898, Bursa 13 March 1989 Cebeci Şehitliği |
Orgeneral | 30 August 1958 10 June 1960 |
Sv. 1336 (1920)-6 1928 (72. sınıf) |
War of Independence | |
| 17 | Muzaffer Alankuş | 1898, Erzurum 17 December 1972 Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı |
Orgeneral | 6 June 1960 4 August 1960 |
P. 1331 (1915)-287 1929 (73. sınıf) |
World War I War of Independence |
|
| 18 | Cemal Tural | 1905, Erzincan 17 December 1981 Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı |
Orgeneral | 1 August 1960 25 September 1962 |
P. 1341 (1925)-12 1933 (77. sınıf) |
||
| 19 | Refik Yılmaz | 1904, Istanbul 21 February 1986 Karacaahmet Mezarlığı |
Orgeneral | 25 September 1962 19 March 1966 |
P. 1341 (1925)-47 1935 (79. sınıf) |
||
| 20 | Memduh Tağmaç | 1904, Erzurum 30 March 1978 Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı |
Orgeneral | 16 July 1966 22 August 1968 |
Top. 1928-1 1938 (82. sınıf) |
1971 coup d'état (as Chief of General Staff) |
|
| 21 | Haydar Sükan | 1911, Edirne |
Orgeneral | 22 August 1968 29 August 1969 |
Top. 1930-9 1940 (84. sınıf) |
||
| 22 | Kemal Atalay | 1910, Ohrid |
Orgeneral | 29 August 1969 29 September 1970 |
Top. 1930-41 1938 (82. sınıf) |
||
| 23 | Faik Türün | 1913, Bursa 15 February 2003 |
Orgeneral | 29 September 1970 14 August 1973 |
Mu. 1933-4 1942 (86. sınıf) |
Korean War Operation Sledgehammer |
|
| 24 | Hüseyin Doğan Özgöçmen | 1916, Drama August 2001 Emirgân Reşitpaşa Mezarlığı |
Orgeneral | 14 August 1973 25 August 1975 |
P. 1934-192 1945 (89. sınıf) |
||
| 25 | Adnan Ersöz | 1917, Sarıyer 13 October 1991 Emirgân Reşitpaşa Mezarlığı |
Orgeneral | 25 August 1975 30 August 1977 |
P. 1936-36 1950 (95. sınıf) |
||
| 26 | Nurettin Ersin | 1918, Çanakkale 3 October 2005 Cebeci Şehitliği |
Orgeneral | 30 August 1977 8 March 1978 |
P. 1937-88 1948 (92. sınıf) |
Invasion of Cyprus (as the commander of the Cyprus Turkish Peace Forces) 1980 coup d'état (as the commander of Turkish Land Forces) |
|
| 27 | Mustafa Necdet Üruğ | 1921, Istanbul - |
Orgeneral | 15 March 1978 25 August 1981 |
Top. 1941-30 1950 (95. sınıf) |
nephew of Ömer Faruk Gürler | |
| 28 | Haydar Saltık | 1923, Istanbul - |
Orgeneral | 25 August 1981 22 August 1983 |
Top. 1941-b-5 1957 (99. sınıf) |
1980 coup d'état | |
| 29 | Necdet Öztorun | 1924, Konya 2010, Karacaahmet mezarlığı |
Orgeneral | 22 August 1983 23 August 1984 |
Top. 1943-104 1959 (101. sınıf) |
||
| 30 | Necip Torumtay | 1926, Trabzon - |
Orgeneral | 24 August 1984 11 August 1985 |
Top. 1944-9 1954 (96. sınıf) |
||
| 31 | Recep Orhan Ergun | 1926, Kayseri - |
Orgeneral | 11 August 1985 24 July 1987 |
Top. 1944-7 1954 (96. sınıf) |
||
| 32 | Doğan Güreş | 1936, Adana - |
Orgeneral | 3 August 1987 23 August 1989 |
P. 1947-Nk.-2 1965 (107. sınıf) |
||
| 33 | Muhittin Fisunoğlu | 1928, Tokat - |
Orgeneral | 23 August 1989 31 December 1990 |
Top. 1948-3 1958 (100. sınıf) |
||
| 34 | İsmail Hakkı Karadayı | 1932, Çankırı - |
Orgeneral | 1 January 1991 17 August 1993 |
Top. 1951-67 1963 (105. sınıf) |
Operation Steel 1997 military memorandum |
|
| 35 | Mehmet Hikmet Bayar | 1932, Kocaeli - |
Orgeneral | 17 August 1993 22 August 1994 |
Top. 1953-1 1967 (109. sınıf) |
||
| 36 | Hikmet Köksal | 1932, Artvin - |
Orgeneral | 22 August 1994 26 August 1996 |
Top. 1955-? 1969 (111. sınıf) |
1997 military memorandum | |
| 37 | Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu | 1934, Bilecik - |
Orgeneral | 26 August 1996 26 August 1997 |
Top. 1955-3 1967 (109. sınıf) |
1997 military memorandum | |
| 38 | Atilla Ateş | 1937, Kastamonu - |
Orgeneral | 26 August 1997 18 August 1998 |
Top. 1957-? 1969 (111. sınıf) |
||
| 39 | Çevik Bir | 1939, İzmir - |
Orgeneral | 18 August 1998 20 August 1999 |
İs. 1958-? 1970 (112. sınıf) |
1997 military memorandum | |
| 40 | Hilmi Özkök | 1940, Manisa - |
Orgeneral | 20 August 1999 21 August 2000 |
Top. 1959-1 1972 (114. sınıf) |
||
| 41 | Necdet Yılmaz Timur | 1937, Urfa - |
Orgeneral | 21 August 2000 17 August 2001 |
Mu. 1958-3 1968 (110. sınıf) |
||
| 42 | Çetin Doğan | 1940, Maçka - |
Orgeneral | 17 August 2001 20 August 2003 |
Top. 1960-2 1971 (113. sınıf) |
1997 military memorandum | |
| 43 | Yaşar Büyükanıt | 1940, Istanbul - |
Orgeneral | 20 August 2003 20 August 2004 |
P. 1961-2 1972 (114. sınıf) |
Operation Hammer (as the commander of the VII Corps) e-memorandum |
|
| 44 | Hurşit Tolon | 1942, Istanbul - |
Orgeneral | 20 August 2004 19 August 2005 |
P. 1962-52 1978 (120. sınıf) |
||
| 45 | İlker Başbuğ | 1943, Afyonkarahisar - |
Orgeneral | 19 August 2005 17 August 2006 |
P. 1962-2 1973 (115. sınıf) |
||
| 46 | Fethi Remzi Tuncel | 1943, Istanbul - |
Orgeneral | 17 August 2006 17 August 2007 |
Top. 1962-7 1973 (115. sınıf) |
||
| 47 | İsmail Koçman | 1943, Istanbul - |
Orgeneral | 17 August 2007 22 August 2008 |
Top. 1962-13 1975 (117. sınıf) |
||
| 48 | Ergin Saygun | 1941, Erzurum - |
Orgeneral | 22 August 2008 30 August 2009 |
Top. 1966-18 1974 (116. sınıf) |
||
| 49 | Hasan Iğsız | 1946, Istanbul - |
Orgeneral | 30 August 2009 |
İs. 1966-1 1976 (118. sınıf) |
||
| 50 | Hayri Kıvrıkoğlu | 1948, Konya - |
Orgeneral | İs. 1969-25 |