List of General Commanders of the Turkish Gendarmerie
This list includes General Commanders of the Turkish Gendarmerie (Turkish: Türk Jandarma Genel Komutanlığı), who were, in their time of service, nominal heads of the Turkish Gendarmerie.

List of General Commanders of the Turkish Gendarmerie

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Table Section Text: This list includes General Commanders of the Turkish Gendarmerie (Turkish: Türk Jandarma Genel Komutanlığı), who were, in their time of service, nominal heads of the Turkish Gendarmerie.

No.	General Commander	Picture	Took office	Left office

1	Colonel Baha Hurşit Süel	29 October 1923	6 June 1924

2	Colonel Ahmet Zeki Soydemir	-	6 June 1924	30 July 1930

3	Lieutenant general Kazım Orbay	-	30 July 1930	24 August 1935

4	Lieutenant general Naci Tınaz	-	3 September 1935	12 November 1939

5	Lieutenant general Cemil Cahit Toydemir	-	12 November 1939	13 July 1940

6	Lieutenant general Ali Rıza Artunkal	-	27 October 1940	11 October 1941

7	Lieutenant general Rüştü Akın	1 October 1941	11 January 1943

8	Lieutenant general Rıfat Mataracı	26 February 1943	3 May 1945

9	Lieutenant general Nazmi Gönenli	9 May 1945	18 October 1947

10	Lieutenant general Şükrü Kanatlı	23 October 1947	28 March 1949

11	Lieutenant general Nuri Berköz	28 March 1949	28 June 1950

12	General Kemal Yaşınkılıç	3 July 1950	24 May 1954

13	General Tahsin Çelebican	27 May 1954	27 May 1960

14	Major general Nezihi Fırat	28 May 1960	16 June 1960

15	Lieutenant general Hayati Ataker	16 June 1960	4 August 1960

16	Lieutenant general Muhittin Önür	7 September 1960	14 January 1961

17	Brigadier general Abdurrahman Doruk	16 January 1961	24 February 1962

18	Brigadier general Fahri Ogan	25 February 1962	25 July 1962

19	Lieutenant general Fikret Esen	25 July 1962	12 July 1966

20	General Haydar Sükan	12 July 1966	22 August 1968

21	General Kemal Atalay	4 September 1968	28 August 1969

22	General Semih Sancar	29 August 1969	28 August 1970

23	General Kemalettin Eken	2 September 1970	28 August 1972

24	General Orhan Yiğit	28 August 1972	30 August 1975

25	General Nurettin Ersin	22 August 1975	5 January 1976

26	Lieutenant general Şahap Yardımoğlu	26 February 1976	25 August 1978

27	General Sedat Celasun	25 August 1978	6 December 1983

28	General Mehmet Buyruk	6 December 1983	20 August 1985

29	General Fikret Oktay	20 August 1985	30 August 1986

30	General Adnan Doğu	15 August 1986	30 August 1988

31	General Burhanettin Bigalı	23 August 1988	30 August 1990

32	General Eşref Bitlis	20 August 1990	17 February 1993

33	General Aydın İlter	23 February 1993	1 September 1995

34	General Teoman Koman	30 August 1995	29 August 1997

35	General Fikret Boztepe	29 August 1997	27 August 1998

36	General Rasim Betir	27 August 1998	24 August 2000

37	General Aytaç Yalman	24 August 2000	27 August 2002

38	General Şener Eruygur	27 August 2002	26 August 2004

39	General Fevzi Türkeri	26 August 2004	24 August 2006

40	General Işık Koşaner	24 August 2006	26 August 2008

41	General Avni Atila Işık	27 August 2008	11 August 2010

42	General Necdet Özel	-	11 August 2010	29 July 2011

43	General Bekir Kalyoncu	4 August 2011	22 August 2013

44	General Servet Yörük	22 August 2013	22 August 2014

45	General Abdullah Atay	22 August 2014	13 August 2015

46	General Galip Mendi	-	13 August 2015	19 July 2016

Lieutenant general İbrahim Yaşar (Acting)	19 July 2016	28 July 2016

47	General Yaşar Güler	-	29 July 2016	21 August 2017

48	General Arif Çetin	21 August 2017	Incumbent

Sentence(s)

Aydın İlter was the General Commander of the Gendarmerie of Turkey (1993 - 1995).

final_sentence: Aydın İlter was the General Commander of the Gendarmerie of Turkey (1993 - 1995).