List of Chiefs of the Turkish General Staff
This list includes Chiefs of the General Staff of the Republic of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Genelkurmay Başkanı), who were, in their time of service, nominal heads of the Turkish Armed Forces (Turkish: Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri).

List of Chiefs of the Turkish General Staff

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Table Section Text: This list includes Chiefs of the General Staff of the Republic of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Genelkurmay Başkanı), who were, in their time of service, nominal heads of the Turkish Armed Forces (Turkish: Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri).

№	Chief of the General Staff	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch

1	İsmet İnönü	Mirliva İsmet İnönü (1884–1973)	3 May 1920	3 August 1921	1 year, 92 days	Turkish Land Forces

2	Fevzi Çakmak	Mareşal Fevzi Çakmak (1876–1950)	5 August 1921	12 January 1944	22 years, 160 days	Turkish Land Forces

3	Kâzım Orbay	General Kâzım Orbay (1887–1964)	12 January 1944	30 July 1946	2 years, 199 days	Turkish Land Forces

4	Salih Omurtak	General Salih Omurtak (1889–1954)	1 August 1946	8 June 1949	2 years, 311 days	Turkish Land Forces

5	Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman	General Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman (1882–1966)	10 June 1949	5 June 1950	360 days	Turkish Land Forces

6	Nuri Yamut	General Nuri Yamut (1890–1961)	6 June 1950	10 April 1954	3 years, 308 days	Turkish Land Forces

7	Nurettin Baransel [tr]	General Nurettin Baransel [tr] (1897–1967)	28 May 1954	25 August 1955	1 year, 89 days	Turkish Land Forces

8	İsmail Hakkı Tunaboylu	General İsmail Hakkı Tunaboylu (1895–1958)	25 August 1955	10 October 1957	2 years, 46 days	Turkish Land Forces

9	Feyzi Mengüç	General Feyzi Mengüç (1896–1966)	11 October 1957	22 August 1958	315 days	Turkish Land Forces

10	Rüştü Erdelhun	General Rüştü Erdelhun (1894–1983)	23 August 1958	27 May 1960	1 year, 278 days	Turkish Land Forces

11	Ragıp Gümüşpala	General Ragıp Gümüşpala (1897–1964)	3 June 1960	4 August 1960	62 days	Turkish Land Forces

12	Cevdet Sunay	General Cevdet Sunay (1899–1982)	4 August 1960	16 March 1966	5 years, 224 days	Turkish Land Forces

13	Cemal Tural	General Cemal Tural (1905–1981)	16 March 1966	16 March 1969	3 years, 0 days	Turkish Land Forces

14	Memduh Tağmaç	General Memduh Tağmaç (1904–1978)	16 March 1969	29 August 1972	3 years, 166 days	Turkish Land Forces

15	Faruk Gürler	General Faruk Gürler (1913–1975)	29 August 1972	6 March 1973	250 days	Turkish Land Forces

16	Semih Sancar	General Semih Sancar (1911–1984)	6 March 1973	7 March 1978	5 years, 1 day	Turkish Land Forces

17	Kenan Evren	General Kenan Evren (1917–2015)	7 March 1978	1 July 1983	5 years, 55 days	Turkish Land Forces

18	Nurettin Ersin	General Nurettin Ersin (1918–2005)	1 July 1983	6 December 1983	158 days	Turkish Land Forces

19	Necdet Üruğ	General Necdet Üruğ (born 1921)	6 December 1983	2 July 1987	3 years, 208 days	Turkish Land Forces

20	Necip Torumtay	General Necip Torumtay (1926–2011)	24 July 1987	3 December 1990	3 years, 132 days	Turkish Land Forces

21	Doğan Güreş	General Doğan Güreş (1926–2014)	6 December 1990	30 August 1994	3 years, 267 days	Turkish Land Forces

22	İsmail Hakkı Karadayı	General İsmail Hakkı Karadayı (born 1932)	30 August 1994	30 August 1998	4 years, 0 days	Turkish Land Forces

23	Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu	General Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu (born 1934)	30 August 1998	28 August 2002	3 years, 363 days	Turkish Land Forces

24	Hilmi Özkök	General Hilmi Özkök (born 1940)	28 August 2002	30 August 2006	4 years, 2 days	Turkish Land Forces

25	Yaşar Büyükanıt	General Yaşar Büyükanıt (born 1940)	30 August 2006	30 August 2008	2 years, 0 days	Turkish Land Forces

26	İlker Başbuğ	General İlker Başbuğ (born 1943)	30 August 2008	30 August 2010	2 years, 0 days	Turkish Land Forces

27	Işık Koşaner	General Işık Koşaner (born 1945)	30 August 2010	29 July 2011	333 days	Turkish Land Forces

28	Necdet Özel	General Necdet Özel (born 1950)	30 July 2011	18 August 2015	4 years, 19 days	Turkish Land Forces

29	Hulusi Akar	General Hulusi Akar (born 1952)	18 August 2015	10 July 2018	2 years, 326 days	Turkish Land Forces

Ümit Dündar	General Ümit Dündar (born 1955) Acting	15 July 2016	16 July 2016	1 day	Turkish Land Forces

30	Yaşar Güler	General Yaşar Güler (born 1954)	10 July 2018	Incumbent	256 days	Turkish Land Forces

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Kâzım Orbay served as the third Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces.

final_sentence: Kâzım Orbay served as the third Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces.