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The Chief of the General Staff (Turkish: Genelkurmay Başkanı) is a Turkish military person of rank general, who presides the general staff of the armed forces (army, navy, air force) of Turkey.
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Name |
Title |
Start |
End |
1 |
M. İsmet İnönü |
Brigadier General |
May 3, 1920 |
November 10, 1921 |
2 |
Fevzi Çakmak |
Marshal |
July 12, 1922 |
January 12, 1944 |
3 |
M. Kazım Orbay |
General |
January 12, 1944 |
July 30, 1946 |
4 |
Salih Omurtak |
General |
August 1, 1946 |
June 8, 1949 |
5 |
A. Nafiz Gürman |
General |
June 10, 1949 |
June 6, 1950 |
6 |
M. Nuri Yamut |
General |
June 5, 1950 |
April 10, 1954 |
7 |
A. Nurettin Baransel |
General |
May 28, 1954 |
August 25, 1955 |
8 |
İ. Hakkı Tunaboylu |
General |
August 25, 1955 |
October 10, 1957 |
9 |
İ. Feyzi Mengüç |
General |
October 11, 1957 |
August 22, 1958 |
10 |
M. Rüştü Erdelhun |
General |
August 23, 1958 |
May 27, 1960 |
11 |
Ragıp Gümüşpala |
General |
June 3, 1960 |
August 4, 1960 |
12 |
Cevdet Sunay |
General |
August 4, 1960 |
March 16, 1966 |
13 |
A. Cemal Tural |
General |
March 16, 1966 |
March 16, 1969 |
14 |
Memduh Tağmaç |
General |
March 16, 1969 |
August 29, 1972 |
15 |
Ö. Faruk Gürler |
General |
August 29, 1972 |
March 6, 1973 |
16 |
Semih Sancar |
General |
March 6, 1973 |
March 7, 1978 |
17 |
A. Kenan Evren |
General |
March 7, 1978 |
July 1, 1983 |
18 |
Nurettin Ersin |
General |
July 1, 1983 |
December 6, 1983 |
19 |
M. Necdet Üruğ |
General |
December 6, 1983 |
July 2, 1987 |
20 |
Necip Torumtay |
General |
July 24, 1987 |
December 3, 1990 |
21 |
Doğan Güreş |
General |
December 6, 1990 |
August 30, 1994 |
22 |
İ. Hakkı Karadayı |
General |
August 30, 1994 |
August 30, 1998 |
23 |
Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu |
General |
August 30, 1998 |
August 28, 2002 |
24 |
Hilmi Özkök |
General |
August 28, 2002 |
August 30, 2006 |
25 |
Yaşar Büyükanıt |
General |
August 30, 2006 |
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