İsmail Metin Temel

İsmail Metin Temel
Born 1958 (age 59–60)
Bayburt, Turkey
Allegiance  Turkey
Service/branch Turkish Land Forces
Years of service 1981–present
Rank Korgeneral
Commands held Second Army of Turkey
Battles/wars

Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present)
Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War

Lieutenant-General İsmail Metin Temel (1958, Bayburt) is a Turkish Second Army Command commander. He graduated from the Turkish Military Academy.

Biography

The family of İsmail Metin Temel who was born in 1958 settled in Adana after migrating from Taht village of Bayburt in the 1970s.[1] Since 1981, he has been active in the Turkish Army. In 2012, Ismail Metin Temel was appointed as Commanders of 3'rd Tactical Infantry Division/Yuksekova Hakkari.[2] In 2016, General İsmail Metin Temel, Commander of the Van Gendarmerie Public Security Corps, was appointed to the 2nd Army Commandership with the appointment decision of the Ministry of National Defense.[3] İsmail Metin Temel speaks English.

Military career

Ismail has commanded two campaigns, his first campaign was Operation Euphrates Shield, located on the Turkish-Syrian border in which he and Lt. Gen. Zekai Aksakallı successfully defeated 5000-7000+ ISIL fighters from Jaish al-Osra and Wilayet Haleb killing 2,647 and capturing 417 fighters. His second campaign (Operation Olive Branch) came amid growing tensions between the Turkish and American governments over the latter's support of the Syrian Democratic Forces, which are made up primarily of Kurdish fighters of the YPG, which Turkey considers to be a branch of the PKK. In particular, Turkey objected to announced plans by the US to train and equip a 30,000 strong SDF border force, which Turkey claimed posed a direct threat to their security.

References

  1. ↑ "Orgeneral İsmail Metin Temel 2. Ordu Komutanı oldu" (in Turkish). Bayburt City News. 28 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Eğirdir Dağ Komando Okulu Komutanı Tümgeneral Temel'den, Veda Ziyareti". Haberler.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2018-01-28.
  3. ↑ "2. Ordu Komutanlığı Korgeneral İsmail Metin Temel atandı" (in Turkish). Istıklal. 29 July 2016.
Military offices
Preceded by
Adem Huduti		 Commander of the Second Army of Turkey
18 July 2016		 Succeeded by
incumbent
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