List of General Commanders of the Gendarmerie of Turkey

This list includes General Commanders of the Gendarmerie of Turkey.

# Komutan Göreve Başlama Tarihi Görevden Ayrılma Tarihi
1 Baha Hurşit Süel 1923 1924
2 Ahmet Zeki Soydemir June 6, 1924 January 27, 1930
3 Kâzım Orbay July 30, 1930 August 24, 1935
4 Naci Tınaz September 3, 1935 December 29, 1939
5 Cemil Cahit Toydemir November 12, 1939 July 13, 1940
6 Ali Rıza Artunkal October 27, 1940 October 11, 1941
7 Rüştü Akın October 1, 1941 February 11, 1943
8 Rıfat Mataracı February 26, 1943 May 3, 1945
9 Nazmi Gönenli May 9, 1945 October 18, 1947
10 Şükrü Kanatlı October 23, 1947 March 28, 1949
11 Nuri Berköz March 28, 1949 June 28, 1950
12 Kemal Yaşınkılıç July 3, 1950 May 24, 1954
13 Tahsin Çelebican May 27, 1954 May 27, 1960
14 Nezihi Fırat May 28, 1960 June 16, 1960
15 Hayati Ataker June 16, 1960 August 4, 1960
16 Muhittin Önür September 7, 1960 January 14, 1961
17 Abdurrahman Doruk January 16, 1961 February 24, 1962
18 Fahri Ogan February 25, 1962 July 25, 1962
19 Fikret Esen July 25, 1962 July 12, 1966
20 Haydar Sükan July 12, 1966 August 22, 1968
21 Kemal Atalay September 4, 1968 August 28, 1969
22 Semih Sancar August 29, 1969 August 29, 1970
23 Kemalettin Eken September 2, 1970 August 28, 1972
24 Orhan Yiğit August 28, 1972 August 30, 1975
25 Nurettin Ersin August 22, 1975 January 5, 1976
26 Şahap Yardımoğlu February 26, 1976 August 25, 1978
27 Sedat Celasun August 25, 1978 December 6, 1983
28 Mehmet Buyruk December 6, 1983 Aubust 20, 1985
29 Fikret Oktay August 20, 1985 August 30, 1986
30 Adnan Doğu August 15, 1986 August 30, 1988
31 Burhanettin Bigalı August 23, 1988 August 30, 1990
32 Eşref Bitlis August 20, 1990 February 17, 1993
33 Aydın İlter February 23, 1993 September 1, 1995
34 Teoman Koman August 30, 1995 August 29, 1997
35 Fikret Boztepe August 29, 1997 August 27, 1998
36 Rasim Betir August 27, 1998 August 24, 2000
37 Aytaç Yalman August 24, 2000 August 27, 2002
38 Şener Eruygur August 27, 2002 August 26, 2004
39 Fevzi Türkeri August 26, 2004 August 24, 2006
40 Işık Koşaner August 24, 2006 August 26, 2008
41 Avni Atila Işık August 27, 2008 August 11, 2010
42 Necdet Özel August 11, 2010 July 30, 2011
43 Bekir Kalyoncu August 4, 2011

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