Hikmet Köksal

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Hikmet Köksal
Commander of the Turkish Army
In office
27 August 1996 – 28 August 1997
Preceded byMehmet Hikmet Bayer
Succeeded byHüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu
Personal details
Born1932
Yusufeli, Turkey
DiedFebruary 25, 2020(2020-02-25) (aged 87–88)
Military service
AllegianceTurkey
Branch/serviceTurkish Army
Years of service1953 - 1997
RankGeneral

Hikmet Köksal (1932 – February 25, 2020[1]) was a Turkish general, born in Yusufeli. He was the Commander of the Turkish Army during the 1997 "post-modern coup", and previously Commander of the First Army of Turkey (1994-1996).[2] He was one of those arrested in 2012 as part of the investigation of the coup and of the associated West Study Group.[3]

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