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Commander of the Turkish Land Forces
Türk Kara Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı
Flag of Turkish Land Forces Command
Incumbent
General Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu
since 3 August 2023
Ministry of National Defense
Turkish Land Forces
Member ofNational Security Council
Supreme Military Council
Reports toMinister of National Defense
NominatorPresident
AppointerPresident
Formation1 July 1949
First holderNuri Yamut
Websitewww.kkk.tsk.tr

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 Land Forces (or Turkish Army).

The current Commander of the Turkish Land Forces is General Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu, since 3 August 2023.[1]

No. Commander Picture Took office Left office
1 General Nuri Yamut 1 July 1949 5 June 1950
2 General Kurtcebe Noyan 6 June 1950 7 May 1951
3 General Şükrü Kanatlı 28 December 1951 15 January 1954
4 General Nurettin Baransel 6 April 1954 28 May 1954
5 General Abdülkadir Seven 10 July 1954 25 April 1955
6 General Hakkı Tunaboylu 13 September 1955 6 June 1956
7 General Ahmet Nurettin Aknoz 25 June 1956 16 September 1957
8 General İbrahim Necati Tacan 30 November 1957 28 July 1958
9 General Rüştü Erdelhun 1 August 1958 21 August 1958
10 General Cemal Gürsel 21 August 1958 2 June 1960
11 General Cevdet Sunay 3 June 1960 2 August 1960
12 General Mehmet Muzaffer Alankuş 4 August 1960 6 January 1961
13 Lieutenant general Celal Alkoç 6 March 1961 26 June 1961
14 General Muhittin Önür 31 August 1961 23 February 1962
15 General Mehmet Ali Keskiner 23 February 1962 28 August 1964
16 General Cemal Tural 28 August 1964 15 March 1966
17 General Ahmet Refik Yılmaz 21 March 1966 23 August 1968
18 General Memduh Tağmaç 23 August 1968 16 March 1969
19 General Fikret Esen 18 March 1969 28 August 1969
20 General Nazmi Karakoç 28 August 1969 28 August 1970
21 General Faruk Gürler 28 August 1970 28 August 1972
22 General Semih Sancar 28 August 1972 7 March 1973
23 General Eşref Akıncı 7 March 1973 1 April 1976
24 General Namık Kemal Ersun 29 March 1976 1 June 1977
25 General Semih Sancar 1 June 1977 4 September 1977
26 General Kenan Evren 5 September 1977 6 March 1978
27 General Nurettin Ersin 9 March 1978 1 July 1983
28 General Necdet Üruğ 1 July 1983 6 December 1983
29 General Haydar Saltık 6 December 1983 12 August 1985
30 General Necdet Öztorun 12 August 1985 2 July 1987
31 General Necip Torumtay 2 July 1987 24 July 1987
32 General Kemal Yamak 24 July 1987 23 August 1989
33 General Doğan Güreş 23 August 1989 6 December 1990
34 General Muhittin Fisunoğlu 1 January 1991 30 August 1993
35 General İsmail Hakkı Karadayı 30 August 1993 30 August 1994
36 General Hikmet Bayar 30 August 1994 27 August 1996
37 General Hikmet Köksal 27 August 1996 28 August 1997
38 General Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu 28 August 1997 27 August 1998
39 General Atilla Ateş 27 August 1998 25 August 2000
40 General Hilmi Özkök 27 August 2000 29 August 2002
41 General Aytaç Yalman 27 August 2002 29 August 2004
42 General Yaşar Büyükanıt 29 August 2004 25 August 2006
43 General İlker Başbuğ 25 August 2006 27 August 2008
44 General Işık Koşaner 27 August 2008 27 August 2010
45 General Erdal Ceylanoğlu 27 August 2010 29 July 2011
46 General Necdet Özel 29 July 2011 4 August 2011
47 General Hayri Kıvrıkoğlu 4 August 2011 23 August 2013
48 General Hulusi Akar 23 August 2013 17 August 2015
49 General Salih Zeki Çolak 17 August 2015 23 August 2017
50 General Yaşar Güler 23 August 2017 10 July 2018
51 General Ümit Dündar 10 July 2018 13 August 2021
52 General Musa Avsever 13 August 2021 3 August 2023
53 General Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu 3 August 2023 Incumbent

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Erdoğan vows stronger army as new names appointed". Daily Sabah. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.

Sources

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  • Harp Akademileri Komutanlığı, Harp Akademilerinin 120 Yılı, İstanbul, 1968. (in Turkish)
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