List of Chiefs of the Turkish General Staff
Chief of the General Staff
Turkish: Genelkurmay Başkanı | |
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Flag of the Chief of the General Staff | |
General Yaşar Güler since 10 July 2018 | |
Ministry of National Defence | |
Member of |
General Staff National Security Council |
Reports to | Minister of National Defence |
Seat | General Staff Building, Ankara |
Appointer |
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
Formation | 3 May 1920 |
First holder | Mirliva İsmet İnönü |
Deputy | General Metin Gürak |
Website | Official website |
This list includes Chiefs of the General Staff of the Republic of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Genelkurmay Başkanı), who were, in their time of service, nominal heads of the Turkish Armed Forces (Turkish: Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri).
№ | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | |
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1 | Mirliva İsmet İnönü (1884–1973) [lower-alpha 1] | 3 May 1920 | 3 August 1921 | year, 92 days | 1||
2 | Mareşal Fevzi Çakmak (1876–1950) [lower-alpha 2] | 5 August 1921 | 12 January 1944 | years, 160 days | 22||
3 | Kâzım Orbay (1887–1964) | General12 January 1944 | 30 July 1946 | years, 199 days | 2||
4 | Salih Omurtak (1889–1954) | General1 August 1946 | 8 June 1949 | years, 311 days | 2||
5 | Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman (1882–1966) | General10 June 1949 | 5 June 1950 | days | 360||
6 | Nuri Yamut (1890–1961) | General6 June 1950 | 10 April 1954 | years, 308 days | 3||
7 | Nurettin Baransel (1897–1967) | General28 May 1954 | 25 August 1955 | year, 89 days | 1||
8 | İsmail Hakkı Tunaboylu (1895–1958) | General25 August 1955 | 10 October 1957 | years, 46 days | 2||
9 | Feyzi Mengüç (1896–1966) | General11 October 1957 | 22 August 1958 | days | 315||
10 | Rüştü Erdelhun (1894–1983) | General23 August 1958 | 27 May 1960 | year, 278 days | 1||
11 | Ragıp Gümüşpala (1897–1964) | General3 June 1960 | 4 August 1960 | days | 62||
12 | Cevdet Sunay (1899–1982) | General4 August 1960 | 16 March 1966 | years, 224 days | 5||
13 | Cemal Tural (1905–1981) | General16 March 1966 | 16 March 1969 | years, 0 days | 3||
14 | Memduh Tağmaç (1904–1978) | General16 March 1969 | 29 August 1972 | years, 166 days | 3||
15 | Faruk Gürler (1913–1975) | General29 August 1972 | 6 March 1973 | days | 250||
16 | Semih Sancar (1911–1984) | General6 March 1973 | 7 March 1978 | years, 1 day | 5||
17 | Kenan Evren (1917–2015) | General7 March 1978 | 1 July 1983 | years, 55 days | 5||
18 | Nurettin Ersin (1918–2005) | General1 July 1983 | 6 December 1983 | days | 158||
19 | Necdet Üruğ (born 1921) | General6 December 1983 | 2 July 1987 | years, 208 days | 3||
20 | Necip Torumtay (1926–2011) [lower-alpha 3] | General24 July 1987 | 3 December 1990 | years, 132 days | 3||
21 | Doğan Güreş (1926–2014) | General6 December 1990 | 30 August 1994 | years, 267 days | 3||
22 | İsmail Hakkı Karadayı (born 1932) | General30 August 1994 | 30 August 1998 | years, 0 days | 4||
23 | Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu (born 1934) | General30 August 1998 | 28 August 2002 | years, 363 days | 3||
24 | Hilmi Özkök (born 1940) | General28 August 2002 | 30 August 2006 | years, 2 days | 4||
25 | Yaşar Büyükanıt (born 1940) | General30 August 2006 | 30 August 2008 | years, 0 days | 2||
26 | İlker Başbuğ (born 1943) | General30 August 2008 | 30 August 2010 | years, 0 days | 2||
27 | Işık Koşaner (born 1945) | General30 August 2010 | 29 July 2011 | days | 333||
28 | Necdet Özel (born 1950) | General30 July 2011 | 18 August 2015 | years, 19 days | 4||
29 | Hulusi Akar (born 1952) | General18 August 2015 | 10 July 2018 | years, 326 days | 2||
- | Ümit Dündar (born 1955) Acting [lower-alpha 4] | General15 July 2016 | 16 July 2016 | day | 1||
30 | Yaşar Güler (born 1954) | General10 July 2018 | Incumbent | days | 94
Notes
- ↑ Minister of General Staff.
- ↑ Minister of General Staff until 6 March 1924.
- ↑ Torumtay resigned due to strong opposition to President Turgut Özal's stance in favor of joining the Coalition in the Gulf War against Iraq.
- ↑ Dündar served as Acting Chief of the General Staff during the 2016 coup d'état attempt, while Akar was being held hostage by coup forces.
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 Turkish Gendarmerie
- List of Commandants of the Turkish Coast Guard
- List of Commanders of the First Army of Turkey
- List of Commanders of the Second Army of Turkey
- List of Commanders of the Third Army of Turkey
- List of Commanders of the Aegean Army
Sources
- Genelkurmay Başkanları listesi (in Turkish)
- Harp Akademileri Komutanlığı, Harp Akademilerinin 120 Yılı, İstanbul, 1968. (in Turkish)
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