List of Commanders of the Turkish Land Forces

This list includes Commanders of the Turkish Land Forces (Turkish: Türk Kara Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı), who were, in their time of service, nominal heads of the Turkish Army.

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
1 Mehmet Nuri Yamut 1890, Thessaloniki
5 June 1961
Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı		 Orgeneral 1 July 1949
5 June 1950		 P. 324 (1908)-27
1920		 Balkan Wars (1912 POW)
World War I
War of Independence
2 Kurtcebe Noyan 1888, Sivas
7 May 1951
Cebeci Şehitliği		 Orgeneral 6 June 1950
7 May 1951		 P. 325 (1909)-6
1920		 World War I
War of Independence
3 Şükrü Kanatlı 1893, Istanbul
15 January 1954
Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı		 Orgeneral 28 December 1951
15 January 1954		 P. 328 (1912)-b-101
1926		 World War I
War of Independence
Annexation of the Sanjak of Alexandretta
4 Ahmet Nurettin Baransel 1897, Istanbul
21 May 1967
Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı		 Orgeneral 6 April 1954
28 May 1954		 P. 328 (1912)-c-84
1925		 Balkan Wars
World War I
War of Independence
5 Abdülkadir Seven 1891, Thessaloniki
16 February 1971
Sahrayı Cedit Mezarlığı		 Orgeneral 10 July 1954
25 March 1955		 Sv. 327 (1911)-b-8
1926		 Italo-Turkish War
Balkan Wars
World War I
War of Independence
6 İsmail Hakkı Tunaboylu 1895, Oryahovo
28 October 1958
Ankara Asri Mezarlığı		 Orgeneral 13 September 1955
6 June 1956		 Top. 330 (1914)-c-3
1927		 World War I
War of Independence
7 Ahmet Nurettin Aknoz 1898, Istanbul
21 June 1964
Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı		 Orgeneral 25 June 1956
16 September 1957		 Top. 330 (1914)-c-11
1927		 World War I
War of Independence
8 Necati Tacan 1895, Istanbul
28 July 1958
Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı		 Orgeneral 30 November 1957
28 July 1958		 P. 331 (1915)-225
1928		 World War I
War of Independence
9 Mustafa Rüştü Erdelhun 1894, Edirne
9 November 1983
Ankara Asri Mezarlığı		 Orgeneral 1 August 1958
21 August 1958		 Top. 1330 (1914)-b-10
1926		 World War I
War of Independence
10 Cemal Gürsel 1895, Erzurum
14 September 1966
Anıtkabir
Devlet Mezarlığı		 Orgeneral 21 August 1958
2 June 1960		 Top. 1220 (1914)-n-70
1929		 World War I
War of Independence
1960 coup d'état
11 Cevdet Sunay 1899, Trabzon
22 May 1982
Devlet Mezarlığı		 Orgeneral 3 June 1960
2 August 1960		 Top. 330 (1914)-n-6
1930		 World War I (1917 POW)
War of Independence
12 Mehmet Muzaffer Alankuş 1898, Erzurum
17 December 1972
Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı		 Orgeneral 4 August 1960
6 January 1961		 P. 331 (1915)-287
1929		 World War I
War of Independence
13 Celâl Alkoç 1902, Bitola
7 August 1973
Cebeci Şehitliği		 Orgeneral 6 March 1961
26 June 1961		 P. 337 (1921)-113
1931		 War of Independence
14 Muhittin Önür 1903, Edirne
27 September 1978
Cebeci Şehitliği		 Orgeneral 31 August 1961
23 February 1962		 P. 337 (1921)-237
1934		 War of Independence
15 Mehmet Ali Keskiner 1906, Istanbul
16 February 1989
Karacaahmet Mezarlığı		 Orgeneral 23 February 1962
28 August 1964		 Top. 340 (1924)-39
1935		 War of Independence
16 Cemal Tural 1905, Erzincan
17 December 1981
Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı		 Orgeneral 28 August 1964
15 March 1966		 P. 1341 (1925)-12
1933
17 Ahmet Refik Yılmaz 1904, Istanbul
21 February 1986
Karacaahmet Mezarlığı		 Orgeneral 21 March 1966
23 August 1968		 P. 1341 (1925)-47
1935
18 Memduh Tağmaç 1904, Erzurum
30 March 1978
Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı		 Orgeneral 23 August 1968
16 March 1969		 Top. 1928-1
1938		 1971 coup d'état
(as Chief of General Staff)
19 Fikret Esen 1908, Istanbul
9 February 1996
Karacaahmet Mezarlığı		 Orgeneral 18 March 1969
28 August 1969		 Top. 1928-14
1936
20 Nazmi Karakoç 1909, Bolu
21 January 1980
Karacaahmet Mezarlığı		 Orgeneral 28 August 1969
28 August 1970		 P. 1929-c-6
1944
21 Faruk Gürler 1913, Istanbul
23 August 1984
Cebeci Şehitliği		 Orgeneral 28 August 1970
28 August 1972		 Top. 1931-13
1942		 1971 coup d'état
22 Semih Sancar 1911, Erzurum
8 December 1984
Cebeci Şehitliği		 Orgeneral 28 August 1972
7 March 1973		 Top. 1932-8
1942		 Invasion of Cyprus
(as Chief of General Staff)
23 Eşref Akıncı 1912, Bursa
26 February 1990
Cebeci Şehitliği		 Orgeneral 7 March 1973
1 April 1976		 P. 1932-32
1941		 Invasion of Cyprus
24 Namık Kemal Ersün 1915, Istanbul
31 December 1988
Silivrikapı Mezarlığı		 Orgeneral 29 March 1976
1 June 1977
(ex officio retirement)		 Top. 1935-22
1944
25 Semih Sancar 1911, Erzurum
8 December 1984
Cebeci Şehitliği		 Orgeneral 1 June 1977
4 September 1977		 Top. 1932-8
1942
26 Kenan Evren 1918, Manisa
(Alaşehir)
-		 Orgeneral 5 September 1977
6 March 1978		 Top. 1938-50
1949		 1980 coup d'état
(as Chief of General Staff)
27 Nurettin Ersin 1918, Çanakkale
3 October 2005
Cebeci Şehitliği		 Orgeneral 9 March 1978
1 July 1983		 P. 1937-88
1948		 1980 coup d'état
28 Necdet Üruğ 1921, Istanbul
-		 Orgeneral 1 July 1983
6 December 1983		 Top. 1941-30
1950
29 Ali Haydar Saltık 1923, Istanbul Orgeneral 6 December 1983
12 August 1985		 Top. 1941-b-5
1957
30 Necdet Öztorun 1924, Konya Orgeneral 12 August 1985
2 July 1987		 Top. 1943-104
1959
31 Necip Torumtay 1926, Trabzon
-		 Orgeneral 2 July 1987
24 July 1987		 Top. 1944-9
1954
32 Kemal Yamak 1924, Merzifon
26 July 2009
Cebeci Şehitliği		 Orgeneral 24 July 1987
1 September 1989		 Top. 1945-9
1958
33 Doğan Güreş 1936, Adana
-		 Orgeneral 23 August 1989
6 December 1990		 P. 1947-Nk.-2
1965
34 Muhittin Füsunoğlu 1928, Tokat Orgeneral 1 January 1991
30 August 1993		 Top. 1948-3
1958
35 İsmail Hakkı Karadayı 1932, Çankırı
-		 Orgeneral 30 August 1993
30 August 1994		 Top. 1951-67
1963
36 Mehmet Hikmet Bayer 1932, Kocaeli Orgeneral 30 August 1994
27 August 1996		 Top. 1953-1
1967
37 Hikmet Köksal 1932, Artvin Orgeneral 27 August 1996
28 August 1997		 Top. 1955-?
1969
38 Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu 1934, Bilecik
(Bozuyuk)
-		 Orgeneral 28 August 1997
27 August 1998		 Top. 1955-3
1967
39 Atilla Ateş 1937, Kastamonu
-		 Orgeneral 27 August 1998
25 August 2000		 Top. 1957-?
1969
40 Hilmi Özkök 1940, Manisa
-		 Orgeneral 27 August 2000
29 August 2002		 Top. 1959-1
1972
41 Aytaç Yalman 1940, Istanbul Orgeneral 27 August 2002
29 August 2004		 P. 1960-64
1976
42 Yaşar Büyükanıt 1940, Istanbul
-		 Orgeneral 29 August 2004
25 August 2006		 P. 1961-2
1972		 Operation Hammer
(as the commander of the VII Corps)
Şemdinli incident
43 İlker Başbuğ 1943, Afyonkarahisar
-		 Orgeneral 25 August 2006
27 August 2008		 P. 1962-2
1973
44 Işık Koşaner 1945, İzmir
-		 Orgeneral 27 August 2008
 P. 1965-3
1978 (120. sınıf)
45 Erdal Ceylanoğlu 1946, Kayseri
-		 Orgeneral 27 August 2010
July 29, 2011		 P. 1966-28
1976 (118. sınıf)
46 Necdet Özel 1950, Ankara
-		 Orgeneral July 30, 2011
August 4, 2011		 P. 1969-1
1978 (120. sınıf)
47 Hayri Kıvrıkoğlu 1948, Konya
-		 Orgeneral August 4, 2011
 İs. 1969-25

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