List of Chiefs of the Turkish General Staff

This list includes Chiefs of the General Staff of the Republic of Turkey (Turkish language: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Genelkurmay Başkanı).

	Name	Foto	Birth date Death date Cemetery	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 Sultan Mezarlığı	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	File:Salih Omurtak.jpg	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	File:Newsweek 22 September 1980.jpg	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)

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Genelkurmay Başkanları listesi (Turkish)
Harp Akademileri Komutanlığı, Harp Akademilerinin 120 Yılı, İstanbul, 1968. (Turkish)

List of Chiefs of the Turkish General Staff

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