List of Chiefs of the Turkish General Staff
This list includes Chiefs of the General Staff of the Republic of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Genelkurmay Başkanı).
| Name | Image | Birth date Death date Burial ground | Rank (last rank) | Start End | Register Year of Graduation: KHO Year of Graduation: Ottoman / Turkish staff college | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | İsmet İnönü Erkân-ı Harbiye-i Umumiye Reis Vekili |  | 24 September 1884, Izmir 25 December 1973 Anıtkabir | Mirliva (General) | 3 May 1920 3 August 1921 | Top. 1319 (1903)-1 1906 (59th class) | 31 March Incident Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence 2nd president |
| 2 | Fevzi Çakmak Erkân-ı Harbiye-i Umumiye Reis Vekili |  | 1876, Istanbul 10 April 1950 Eyüp Cemetery | Mareşal | 5 August 1921 12 January 1944 | P. 1311 (1895)-c-7 1898 (51st class) | Albanian Uprising Italo-Turkish War Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence |
| 3 | Kâzım Orbay |  | 11 March 1887, Izmir 3 June 1964 Zincirlikuyu Cemetery Turkish State Cemetery | General | 12 January 1944 30 July 1946 (resigned) | Top. 1320 (1904)-1 1907 (60th class) | 31 March Incident Albanian Uprising Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence Dersim Rebellion |
| 4 | Salih Omurtak | 1889, Thessaloniki 23 June 1954 Ankara Hava Şehitliği Turkish State Cemetery | General | 1 August 1946 8 June 1949 | P. 1323 (1907)-1 1910 (63rd class) | Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence | |
| 5 | Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman |  | 1882, Bodrum 6 February 1966 Zincirlikuyu Cemetery Turkish State Cemetery | General | 10 June 1949 6 June 1950 | P. 1319 (1903)-5 1906 (59th class) | Italo-Turkish War Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence (POW in 1919) |
| 6 | Nuri Yamut | 1890, Thessaloniki 5 June 1961 Zincirlikuyu Cemetery | General | 5 June 1950 10 April 1954 | P. 1324 (1908)-27 1920 (67th class) | Balkan Wars (POW in 1912) World War I War of Independence | |
| 7 | Nurettin Baransel | 1897, Istanbul 21 May 1967 Zincirlikuyu Cemetery | General | 28 May 1954 25 August 1955 | P. 1328 (1912)-b-84 1925 (69th class) | Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence | |
| 8 | İsmail Hakkı Tunaboylu | 1895, Oryahovo 28 October 1958 Cebeci Asri Cemetery | General | 25 August 1955 10 October 1957 | Top. 1330 (1914)-c-3 1927 (71st class) | World War I War of Independence | |
| 9 | Feyzi Mengüç | 1896, Istanbul 23 June 1966 Edirnekapı Martyr's Cemetery | General | 11 October 1957 22 August 1958 | İs. 1330 (1914)-c-39 1925 (69th class) | World War I War of Independence | |
| 10 | Rüştü Erdelhun | 1894, Edirne 9 November 1983 Cebeci Asri Cemetery | General | 23 August 1958 27 May 1960 | Top. 1330 (1914)-b-10 1926 (70th class) | World War I War of Independence | |
| 11 | Ragıp Gümüşpala | 1897, Edirne 6 June 1964 Zincirlikuyu Cemetery | General | 3 June 1960 4 August 1960 | P. 1333 (1917)-92 1934 (78th class) | World War I War of Independence Sheikh Said Rebellion | |
| 12 | Cevdet Sunay |  | 1899, Trabzon 22 May 1982 Turkish State Cemetery | General | 4 August 1960 16 March 1966 | Top. 1334 (1918)-N-6 1930 (74th class) | World War I (POW in 1917) War of Independence 5th president |
| 13 | Cemal Tural | 1905, Erzincan 17 December 1981 Zincirlikuyu Cemetery | General | 16 March 1966 16 March 1969 | P. 1341 (1925)-12 1933 (77th class) | ||
| 14 | Memduh Tağmaç | 1904, Erzurum 30 March 1978 Zincirlikuyu Cemetery | General | 16 March 1969 29 August 1972 | Top. 1928-1 1938 (82nd class) | March 12 memorandum | |
| 15 | Faruk Gürler | 1913, Istanbul 23 August 1984 Cebeci Şehitliği | General | 29 August 1972 6 March 1973 | Top. 1931-13 1942 (86th class) | March 12 memorandum (as commander of K. K. K.) | |
| 16 | Semih Sancar | 1911, Erzurum 8 December 1984 Cebeci Şehitliği | General | 6 March 1973 7 March 1978 | Top. 1932-8 1942 (86th class) | Cyprus Operation | |
| 17 | Kenan Evren |  | 17 July 1917, Alaşehir - | General | 7 March 1978 1 July 1983 | Top. 1938-50 1949 (93rd class) | September 12 coup d'état 7th president |
| 18 | Nurettin Ersin | 1918, Çanakkale 3 October 2005 Cebeci Şehitliği | General | 1 July 1983 6 December 1983 | P. 1937-88 1948 (92nd class) | Cyprus Operation (as commander of K.T.B.K) September 12 coup d'état (as commander of K.K.K.) | |
| 19 | Necdet Üruğ | 1921, Istanbul - | General | 6 December 1983 2 July 1987 | Top. 1941-30 1950 (95th class) | nephew of Ömer Faruk Gürler | |
| 20 | Necip Torumtay | 1926, Trabzon - 28 August 2011, Ankara | General | 24 July 1987 3 December 1990 | Top. 1944-9 1954 (96th class) | ||
| 21 | Doğan Güreş | 1926, Kilis - | General | 6 December 1990 30 August 1994 | P. 1947-Nk.-2 1965 (107th class) | ||
| 22 | İsmail Hakkı Karadayı | 1932, Çankırı - | General | 30 August 1994 30 August 1998 | Top. 1951-67 1963 (105th class) | Operation Steel Atmaca Tokat Harekâtı Operation Hammer February 28 Process Operation Dawn | |
| 23 | Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu | 1934, Bozuyuk - | General | 30 August 1998 28 August 2002 | Top. 1955-3 1967 (109th class) | ||
| 24 | Hilmi Özkök | 1940, Turgutlu - | General | 28 August 2002 30 August 2006 | Top. 1959-1 1972 (114th class) | ||
| 25 | Yaşar Büyükanıt |  | 1 September 1940, Istanbul - | General | 30 August 2006 30 August 2008 | P. 1961-2 1972 (114th class) | Operation Hammer (as commander of VII Corps) Şemdinli incident (as commander of K.K.K.) E-memorandum Operation Sun |
| 26 | İlker Başbuğ |  | 29 April 1943, Afyonkarahisar - | General | 30 August 2008 30 August 2010 | P. 1962-2 1973 (115th class) | |
| 27 | Işık Koşaner | 5 December 1945, Izmir - | General | 30 August 2010 29 July 2011 | P. 1965-3 1978 (120th class) | ||
| 28 | Necdet Özel | 1950, Ankara - | General | 30 July 2011 | P. 1969-1 1978 (120th class) |
Sources
- Genelkurmay Başkanları listesi (Turkish)
- Harp Akademileri Komutanlığı, Harp Akademilerinin 120 Yılı, İstanbul, 1968. (Turkish)
See also
- List of Commanders of the Turkish Land Forces
- List of Commanders of the Turkish Air Force
- List of Commanders of the Turkish Naval Forces
- List of General Commanders of the Gendarmerie of Turkey
- List of Commandants of the Turkish Coast Guard
- List of Commanders of the First Army of Turkey
