List of Commanders of the First Army of Turkey

This list is the Commanders of the First Army of Turkey.

Modern Turkish military references refer to corps in Arabic (1st) numerals. During the War of Independence, corps were identified in Roman (I) numerals. An arbitrary cut-off has been made at 1945 for the start of identifying corps in Arabic numerals.

	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
-	Ali Ihsan Pasha (First Army of the Western Front)		1882, Istanbul 9 December 1957 Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı	Mirliva	9 October 1921 19 June 1922	P. 1317 (1901)-1 1905 (58. sınıf)	Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence
-	Nureddin Pasha (First Army of the Western Front)		1873, Bursa 18 February 1932	Mirliva (Ferik)	29 June 1922 15 August 1923[citation needed]	P. 1309 (1893)-31 -	Greco-Turkish War Italo-Turkish War Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence
1	Kâzım Karabekir Pasha		1882, Istanbul 25 January 1948 Ankara Hava Şehitliği Devlet Mezarlığı	Ferik (Birinci Ferik)	21 October 1923 26 October 1924	P. 1318 (1902)-1 1905 (58. sınıf)	Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence
2	Ali Sait Akbaytogan		1972, Manyas 20 March 1950 Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı	Birinci Ferik	26 October 1924 21 November 1933	P. 1311 (1895)-1 1898 (51. sınıf)	Italo-Turkish War Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence
3	Fahrettin Altay		1880, Shkodër 25 October 1974 ? Devlet Mezarlığı	Orgeneral	22 November 1933 19 December 1943	P. 1315 (1899)-1 1905 (58. sınıf)	Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence
4	Cemil Cahit Toydemir		1883, Istanbul 15 July 1956 Edirnekapı Şehitliği	Orgeneral	17 December 1943 15 June 1946 (emeklilik)	P. 1318 (1902)-311 -	Italo-Turkish War Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence
5	Salih Omurtak		1887, Thessaloniki 23 June 1954 Ankara Hava Şehitliği Devlet Mezarlığı	Orgeneral	17 June 1946 29 July 1946	P. 1323 (1907)-1 1910 (63. sınıf)	Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence
6	Nuri Yamut		1890, Thessaloniki 5 June 1961 Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı	Orgeneral	9 August 1946 1 July 1949	Top. 1324 (1908)-27 1920 (67. sınıf)	Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence
7	Asım Tınaztepe		1892, Skopje 14 June 1951	Orgeneral	8 July 1949 23 June 1950	Top. 1327 (1911)-8 1924 (68. sınıf)	Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence
8	Şükrü Kanatlı		1893, Istanbul 15 January 1954 Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı	Orgeneral	24 June 1950 27 December 1951	Top. 1328 (1912)-b-101 1926 (70. sınıf)	Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence Annexation of the Sanjak of Alexandretta
9	Zekâi Okan		1895, Istanbul 14 August 1966	Orgeneral	27 December 1951 11 August 1952	P. 1330 (1914)-46 1926 (70. sınıf)	Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence
10	Nurettin Baransel		1897, Istanbul 21 May 1967 Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı	Orgeneral	4 November 1952 6 April 1954	P. 1328 (1912)-b-84 1925 (69. sınıf)	World War I War of Independence
11	İsmail Hakkı Tunaboylu		1895, (Oryahovo, Bulgaria) 28 October 1958 Ankara Asri Mezarlığı	Orgeneral	6 April 1954 13 July 1955	Top. 1330 (1914)-c-3 1927 (71. sınıf)	World War I War of Independence
12	Ahmet Nurettin Aknoz		1898, Istanbul 21 June 1964 Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı	Orgeneral	9 September 1955 22 June 1956	Top. 1330 (1914)-c-11 1927 (71. sınıf)	World War I War of Independence
13	Vedat Garan		1895, Istanbul 5 October 1964	Korgeneral (Orgeneral)	vekâleten	Mu. 1330 (1914)-c-31 1926 (70. sınıf)	World War I War of Independence
14	Nazmi Ataç		1893, Selimiye 16 March 1972	Orgeneral	16 June 1956 19 September 1957	P. 1330 (1914)-c-3 1927 (71. sınıf)	World War I War of Independence
15	Fazıl Bilge		1897, Manastır (Bitola, Makedonya)	Orgeneral	13 December 1957 1 September 1958	P. 1332 (1916)-47 1928 (72. sınıf)	World War I War of Independence
16	Fahrettin Özdilek		1898, Bursa 13 March 1989 Cebeci Şehitliği	Orgeneral	30 August 1958 10 June 1960	Sv. 1336 (1920)-6 1928 (72. sınıf)	War of Independence
17	Muzaffer Alankuş		1898, Erzurum 17 December 1972 Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı	Orgeneral	6 June 1960 4 August 1960	P. 1331 (1915)-287 1929 (73. sınıf)	World War I War of Independence
18	Cemal Tural		1905, Erzincan 17 December 1981 Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı	Orgeneral	1 August 1960 25 September 1962	P. 1341 (1925)-12 1933 (77. sınıf)
19	Refik Yılmaz		1904, Istanbul 21 February 1986 Karacaahmet Mezarlığı	Orgeneral	25 September 1962 19 March 1966	P. 1341 (1925)-47 1935 (79. sınıf)
20	Memduh Tağmaç		1904, Erzurum 30 March 1978 Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı	Orgeneral	16 July 1966 22 August 1968	Top. 1928-1 1938 (82. sınıf)	1971 coup d'état (as Chief of General Staff)
21	Haydar Sükan		1911, Edirne	Orgeneral	22 August 1968 29 August 1969	Top. 1930-9 1940 (84. sınıf)
22	Kemal Atalay		1910, Ohrid	Orgeneral	29 August 1969 29 September 1970	Top. 1930-41 1938 (82. sınıf)
23	Faik Türün		1913, Bursa 15 February 2003	Orgeneral	29 September 1970 14 August 1973	Mu. 1933-4 1942 (86. sınıf)	Korean War Operation Sledgehammer
24	Hüseyin Doğan Özgöçmen		1916, Drama August 2001 Emirgân Reşitpaşa Mezarlığı	Orgeneral	14 August 1973 25 August 1975	P. 1934-192 1945 (89. sınıf)
25	Adnan Ersöz		1917, Sarıyer 13 October 1991 Emirgân Reşitpaşa Mezarlığı	Orgeneral	25 August 1975 30 August 1977	P. 1936-36 1950 (95. sınıf)
26	Nurettin Ersin		1918, Çanakkale 3 October 2005 Cebeci Şehitliği	Orgeneral	30 August 1977 8 March 1978	P. 1937-88 1948 (92. sınıf)	Invasion of Cyprus (as the commander of the Cyprus Turkish Peace Forces) 1980 coup d'état (as the commander of Turkish Land Forces)
27	Mustafa Necdet Üruğ		1921, Istanbul -	Orgeneral	15 March 1978 25 August 1981	Top. 1941-30 1950 (95. sınıf)	nephew of Ömer Faruk Gürler
28	Haydar Saltık		1923, Istanbul -	Orgeneral	25 August 1981 22 August 1983	Top. 1941-b-5 1957 (99. sınıf)	1980 coup d'état
29	Necdet Öztorun		1924, Konya 2010, Karacaahmet mezarlığı	Orgeneral	22 August 1983 23 August 1984	Top. 1943-104 1959 (101. sınıf)
30	Necip Torumtay		1926, Trabzon - 28 August 2011, Ankara	Orgeneral	24 August 1984 11 August 1985	Top. 1944-9 1954 (96. sınıf)	Former commander of 2nd Armoured Brigade
31	Recep Orhan Ergun		1926, Kayseri -	Orgeneral	11 August 1985 24 July 1987	Top. 1944-7 1954 (96. sınıf)
32	Doğan Güreş		1936, Adana -	Orgeneral	3 August 1987 23 August 1989	P. 1947-Nk.-2 1965 (107. sınıf)
33	Muhittin Fisunoğlu		1928, Tokat -	Orgeneral	23 August 1989 31 December 1990	Top. 1948-3 1958 (100. sınıf)
34	İsmail Hakkı Karadayı		1932, Çankırı -	Orgeneral	1 January 1991 17 August 1993	Top. 1951-67 1963 (105. sınıf)	Operation Steel 1997 military memorandum
35	Mehmet Hikmet Bayar		1932, Kocaeli -	Orgeneral	17 August 1993 22 August 1994	Top. 1953-1 1967 (109. sınıf)
36	Hikmet Köksal		1932, Artvin -	Orgeneral	22 August 1994 26 August 1996	Top. 1955-? 1969 (111. sınıf)	1997 military memorandum
37	Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu		1934, Bilecik -	Orgeneral	26 August 1996 26 August 1997	Top. 1955-3 1967 (109. sınıf)	1997 military memorandum
38	Atilla Ateş		1937, Kastamonu -	Orgeneral	26 August 1997 18 August 1998	Top. 1957-? 1969 (111. sınıf)
39	Çevik Bir		1939, İzmir -	Orgeneral	18 August 1998 20 August 1999	İs. 1958-? 1970 (112. sınıf)	1997 military memorandum
40	Hilmi Özkök		1940, Manisa -	Orgeneral	20 August 1999 21 August 2000	Top. 1959-1 1972 (114. sınıf)
41	Necdet Yılmaz Timur		1937, Urfa -	Orgeneral	21 August 2000 17 August 2001	Mu. 1958-3 1968 (110. sınıf)
42	Çetin Doğan		1940, Maçka -	Orgeneral	17 August 2001 20 August 2003	Top. 1960-2 1971 (113. sınıf)	1997 military memorandum
43	Yaşar Büyükanıt		1940, Istanbul -	Orgeneral	20 August 2003 20 August 2004	P. 1961-2 1972 (114. sınıf)	Operation Hammer (as the commander of the 7th Corps) e-memorandum
44	Hurşit Tolon		1942, Istanbul -	Orgeneral	20 August 2004 19 August 2005	P. 1962-52 1978 (120. sınıf)
45	İlker Başbuğ		1943, Afyonkarahisar -	Orgeneral	19 August 2005 17 August 2006	P. 1962-2 1973 (115. sınıf)
46	Fethi Remzi Tuncel		1943, Istanbul -	Orgeneral	17 August 2006 17 August 2007	Top. 1962-7 1973 (115. sınıf)
47	İsmail Koçman		1943, Istanbul -	Orgeneral	17 August 2007 22 August 2008	Top. 1962-13 1975 (117. sınıf)
48	Ergin Saygun		1941, Erzurum -	Orgeneral	22 August 2008 30 August 2009	Top. 1966-18 1974 (116. sınıf)
49	Hasan Iğsız		1946, Istanbul -	Orgeneral	30 August 2009 23 August 2010	İs. 1966-1 1976 (118. sınıf)
50	Hayri Kıvrıkoğlu		1948, Konya -	Orgeneral	23 August 2010	İs. 1969-25

Sources

• Haşim Söylemez, "Birinci Ordu, kıt’a dur!", Aksiyon, Sayı: 778 / Tarih: 2 November 2009. (Turkish)

See also

• List of Chiefs of the Turkish General Staff
• List of Commanders of the Turkish Land Forces