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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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17 | Ahmet Refik Yılmaz | 1904, Istanbul 21 February 1986 Karacaahmet Mezarlığı |
Orgeneral | 21 March 1966 23 August 1968 |
P. 1341 (1925)-47 1935 |
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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) |
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19 | Fikret Esen | 1908, Istanbul 9 February 1996 Karacaahmet Mezarlığı |
Orgeneral | 18 March 1969 28 August 1969 |
Top. 1928-14 1936 |
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20 | Nazmi Karakoç | 1909, Bolu 21 January 1980 Karacaahmet Mezarlığı |
Orgeneral | 28 August 1969 28 August 1970 |
P. 1929-c-6 1944 |
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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) |
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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 |
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25 | Semih Sancar | 1911, Erzurum 8 December 1984 Cebeci Şehitliği |
Orgeneral | 1 June 1977 4 September 1977 |
Top. 1932-8 1942 |
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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) |
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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 |
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29 | Ali Haydar Saltık | 1923, Istanbul | Orgeneral | 6 December 1983 12 August 1985 |
Top. 1941-b-5 1957 |
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30 | Necdet Öztorun | 1924, Konya | Orgeneral | 12 August 1985 2 July 1987 |
Top. 1943-104 1959 |
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31 | Necip Torumtay | 1926, Trabzon - |
Orgeneral | 2 July 1987 24 July 1987 |
Top. 1944-9 1954 |
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32 | Kemal Yamak | 1924, Merzifon 26 July 2009 Cebeci Şehitliği |
Orgeneral | 24 July 1987 1 September 1989 |
Top. 1945-9 1958 |
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33 | Doğan Güreş | 1936, Adana - |
Orgeneral | 23 August 1989 6 December 1990 |
P. 1947-Nk.-2 1965 |
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34 | Muhittin Füsunoğlu | 1928, Tokat | Orgeneral | 1 January 1991 30 August 1993 |
Top. 1948-3 1958 |
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35 | İsmail Hakkı Karadayı | 1932, Çankırı - |
Orgeneral | 30 August 1993 30 August 1994 |
Top. 1951-67 1963 |
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36 | Mehmet Hikmet Bayer | 1932, Kocaeli | Orgeneral | 30 August 1994 27 August 1996 |
Top. 1953-1 1967 |
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37 | Hikmet Köksal | 1932, Artvin | Orgeneral | 27 August 1996 28 August 1997 |
Top. 1955-? 1969 |
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38 | Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu | 1934, Bilecik (Bozuyuk) - |
Orgeneral | 28 August 1997 27 August 1998 |
Top. 1955-3 1967 |
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39 | Atilla Ateş | 1937, Kastamonu - |
Orgeneral | 27 August 1998 25 August 2000 |
Top. 1957-? 1969 |
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40 | Hilmi Özkök | 1940, Manisa - |
Orgeneral | 27 August 2000 29 August 2002 |
Top. 1959-1 1972 |
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41 | Aytaç Yalman | 1940, Istanbul | Orgeneral | 27 August 2002 29 August 2004 |
P. 1960-64 1976 |
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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 |
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43 | İlker Başbuğ | 1943, Afyonkarahisar - |
Orgeneral | 25 August 2006 27 August 2008 |
P. 1962-2 1973 |
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44 | Işık Koşaner | 1945, İzmir - |
Orgeneral | 27 August 2008 |
P. 1965-3 1978 (120. sınıf) |
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45 | Erdal Ceylanoğlu | 1946, Kayseri - |
Orgeneral | 27 August 2010 July 29, 2011 |
P. 1966-28 1976 (118. sınıf) |
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46 | Necdet Özel | 1950, Ankara - |
Orgeneral | July 30, 2011 August 4, 2011 |
P. 1969-1 1978 (120. sınıf) |
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47 | Hayri Kıvrıkoğlu | 1948, Konya - |
Orgeneral | August 4, 2011 |
İs. 1969-25 |