List of Commanders of the First Army of Turkey
This list includes Commanders of the First Army of Turkey, who were, in their time of service, nominal heads of the First Army (Turkish: Birinci Ordu), one of the four field armies of the Turkish Land Forces.

List of Commanders of the First Army of Turkey

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Table Section Text: This list includes Commanders of the First Army of Turkey, who were, in their time of service, nominal heads of the First Army (Turkish: Birinci Ordu), one of the four field armies of the Turkish Land Forces.

No.	Commander	Picture	Took office	Left office

1	Major general Ali İhsan Sâbis	-	9 October 1921	19 June 1922

2	Lieutenant general Nureddin İbrahim Konyar	-	29 June 1922	15 August 1923

3	Lieutenant general Kâzım Karabekir	-	21 October 1923	26 October 1924

4	General Ali Sait Akbaytogan	-	26 October 1924	21 November 1933

5	General Fahrettin Altay	-	22 November 1933	19 December 1943

6	General Cemil Cahit Toydemir	-	17 December 1943	15 June 1946

7	General Salih Omurtak	17 June 1946	29 July 1946

8	General Nuri Yamut	9 August 1946	1 July 1949

9	General Asım Tınaztepe	8 July 1949	23 June 1950

10	General Şükrü Kanatlı	24 June 1950	27 December 1951

11	General Zekâi Okan	27 December 1951	11 August 1952

12	General Nurettin Baransel	4 November 1952	6 April 1954

13	General Hakkı Tunaboylu	6 April 1954	13 July 1955

14	General Ahmet Nurettin Aknoz	9 September 1955	16 June 1956

15	Lieutenant general Vedat Garan	16 June 1956	22 June 1956

16	General Nazmi Ataç	16 June 1956	19 September 1957

17	General Fazıl Bilge	13 December 1957	1 September 1958

18	General Fahrettin Özdilek	30 August 1958	10 June 1960

19	General Mehmet Muzaffer Alankuş	6 June 1960	4 August 1960

20	General Cemal Tural	1 August 1960	25 September 1962

21	General Ahmet Refik Yılmaz	25 September 1962	19 March 1966

22	General Memduh Tağmaç	16 July 1966	22 August 1968

23	General Haydar Sükan	22 August 1968	29 August 1969

24	General Kemal Atalay	29 August 1969	29 September 1970

25	General Faik Türün	29 September 1970	14 August 1973

26	General Hüseyin Doğan Özgöçmen	14 August 1973	25 August 1975

27	General Adnan Ersöz	25 August 1975	30 August 1977

28	General Nurettin Ersin	30 August 1977	8 March 1978

29	General Necdet Üruğ	15 March 1978	25 August 1981

30	General Ali Haydar Saltık	25 August 1981	22 August 1983

31	General Necdet Öztorun	22 August 1983	23 August 1984

32	General Necip Torumtay	24 August 1984	11 August 1985

33	General Recep Orhan Ergun	11 August 1985	24 July 1987

34	General Doğan Güreş	3 August 1987	23 August 1989

35	General Muhittin Fisunoğlu	23 August 1989	31 December 1990

36	General İsmail Hakkı Karadayı	1 January 1991	17 August 1993

37	General Mehmet Hikmet Bayar	17 August 1993	22 August 1994

38	General Hikmet Köksal	22 August 1994	26 August 1996

39	General Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu	26 August 1996	26 August 1997

40	General Atilla Ateş	26 August 1997	18 August 1998

41	General Çevik Bir	-	18 August 1998	20 August 1999

42	General Hilmi Özkök	20 August 1999	21 August 2000

43	General Necdet Yılmaz Timur	21 August 2000	17 August 2001

44	General Çetin Doğan	17 August 2001	20 August 2003

45	General Yaşar Büyükanıt	-	20 August 2003	20 August 2004

46	General Hurşit Tolon	20 August 2004	19 August 2005

47	General İlker Başbuğ	-	19 August 2005	17 August 2006

48	General Fethi Remzi Tuncel	17 August 2006	17 August 2007

49	General İsmail Koçman	17 August 2007	22 August 2008

50	General Ergin Saygun	22 August 2008	30 August 2009

51	General Hasan Iğsız	30 August 2009	30 August 2010

52	General Hayri Kıvrıkoğlu	30 August 2010	4 August 2011

53	General Yalçın Ataman	4 August 2011	23 August 2013

54	General Ahmet Turmuş	23 August 2013	25 August 2014

55	General Salih Zeki Çolak	-	25 August 2014	10 August 2015

56	General Ümit Dündar	-	10 August 2015	28 July 2016

57	General Musa Avsever	28 July 2016	Incumbent

Sentence(s)

Doğan Güreş was the Commander of the First Army of Turkey from 1987 - 1989.

final_sentence: Doğan Güreş was the Commander of the First Army of Turkey from 1987 - 1989.