This list includes Commanders of the Turkish Air Force (Turkish language: Türk Hava Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı ), who were, in their time of service, nominal heads of the Turkish Air Force .
No.
Commander
Picture
Took office
Left office
1
General Zeki Doğan
5 February 1944
7 June 1950
2
General Muzaffer Göksenin
12 June 1950
20 April 1953
3
General Fevzi Uçaner
21 April 1953
23 September 1957
4
Lieutenant general Hamdullah Suphi Göker
17 October 1957
8 May 1959
5
General Tekin Arıburun
1 May 1959
27 May 1960
6
Lieutenant general İhsan Orgun
27 May 1960
4 August 1960
7
Lieutenant general İrfan Tansel
5 August 1960
1 June 1961
8
Major general Süleyman Tulgan
1 June 1961
19 June 1961
9
General İrfan Tansel
19 June 1961
16 August 1968
10
General Reşat Mater
16 August 1968
30 August 1969
11
General Muhsin Batur
30 August 1969
25 August 1973
12
General Emin Alpkaya
25 August 1973
5 March 1976
13
Lieutenant general Cemal Engin
24 April 1976
23 July 1976
14
General Ethem Ayan
23 July 1976
21 August 1978
15
General Tahsin Şahinkaya
21 August 1978
6 December 1983
16
General Halil Sözer
6 December 1983
22 August 1986
17
General Cemil Çuha
22 August 1986
22 August 1988
18
General Safter Necioğlu
22 August 1988
20 August 1990
19
General Siyami Taştan
20 August 1990
20 August 1992
20
General Halis Burhan
20 August 1992
18 August 1995
21
General Ahmet Çörekçi
18 August 1995
28 August 1997
22
General İlhan Kılıç
28 August 1997
25 August 1999
23
General Ergin Celasin
25 August 1999
23 August 2001
24
General Cumhur Asparuk
23 August 2001
27 August 2003
25
General İbrahim Fırtına
27 August 2003
25 August 2005
26
General Faruk Cömert
25 August 2005
23 August 2007
27
General Aydoğan Babaoğlu
23 August 2007
30 August 2009
28
General Hasan Aksay
30 August 2009
29 July 2011
29
General Mehmet Erten
4 August 2011
22 August 2013
30
General Akın Öztürk
22 August 2013
14 August 2015
31
General Abidin Ünal
14 August 2015
22 August 2017
32
General Hasan Küçükakyüz
File:Küçükakyüz.jpg
22 August 2017
Incumbent
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See also [ ]
Chiefs of the air force by country
Africa
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
DR Congo
Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe Former
Biafra
Bophuthatswana
Ciskei
British Egypt
Ethiopian Empire
Rhodesia
Transkei
Venda
Zaire
Americas
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Paraguay
Peru
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela Former
Confederate States of America
Asia
Former
Democratic Kampuchea
Imperial Japan
Mengjiang
Manchukuo
South Vietnam
Europe
Oceania
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