# List of commanders of the Turkish Land Forces

This list includes commanders of the Turkish Land Forces (Turkish: Türk Kara Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı), who were, in their time of service, nominal heads of the Turkish Land Forces (or Turkish Army).
The current Commander of the Turkish Land Forces is General Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu, since 3 August 2023.
| No. | Commander | Took office | Left office |
| 1 | General Nuri Yamut | 1 July 1949 | 5 June 1950 |
| 2 | General Kurtcebe Noyan | 6 June 1950 | 7 May 1951 |
| 3 | General Şükrü Kanatlı | 28 December 1951 | 15 January 1954 |
| 4 | General Nurettin Baransel | 6 April 1954 | 28 May 1954 |
| 5 | General Abdülkadir Seven | 10 July 1954 | 25 April 1955 |
| 6 | General Hakkı Tunaboylu | 13 September 1955 | 6 June 1956 |
| 7 | General Ahmet Nurettin Aknoz | 25 June 1956 | 16 September 1957 |
| 8 | General İbrahim Necati Tacan | 30 November 1957 | 28 July 1958 |
| 9 | General Rüştü Erdelhun | 1 August 1958 | 21 August 1958 |
| 10 | General Cemal Gürsel | 21 August 1958 | 2 June 1960 |
| 11 | General Cevdet Sunay | 3 June 1960 | 2 August 1960 |
| 12 | General Mehmet Muzaffer Alankuş | 4 August 1960 | 6 January 1961 |
| 13 | Lieutenant general Celal Alkoç | 6 March 1961 | 26 June 1961 |
| 14 | General Muhittin Önür | 31 August 1961 | 23 February 1962 |
| 15 | General Mehmet Ali Keskiner | 23 February 1962 | 28 August 1964 |
| 16 | General Cemal Tural | 28 August 1964 | 15 March 1966 |
| 17 | General Ahmet Refik Yılmaz | 21 March 1966 | 23 August 1968 |
| 18 | General Memduh Tağmaç | 23 August 1968 | 16 March 1969 |
| 19 | General Fikret Esen | 18 March 1969 | 28 August 1969 |
| 20 | General Nazmi Karakoç | 28 August 1969 | 28 August 1970 |
| 21 | General Faruk Gürler | 28 August 1970 | 28 August 1972 |
| 22 | General Semih Sancar | 28 August 1972 | 7 March 1973 |
| 23 | General Eşref Akıncı | 7 March 1973 | 1 April 1976 |
| 24 | General Namık Kemal Ersun | 29 March 1976 | 1 June 1977 |
| 25 | General Semih Sancar | 1 June 1977 | 4 September 1977 |
| 26 | General Kenan Evren | 5 September 1977 | 6 March 1978 |
| 27 | General Nurettin Ersin | 9 March 1978 | 1 July 1983 |
| 28 | General Necdet Üruğ | 1 July 1983 | 6 December 1983 |
| 29 | General Haydar Saltık | 6 December 1983 | 12 August 1985 |
| 30 | General Necdet Öztorun | 12 August 1985 | 2 July 1987 |
| 31 | General Necip Torumtay | 2 July 1987 | 24 July 1987 |
| 32 | General Kemal Yamak | 24 July 1987 | 23 August 1989 |
| 33 | General Doğan Güreş | 23 August 1989 | 6 December 1990 |
| 34 | General Muhittin Fisunoğlu | 1 January 1991 | 30 August 1993 |
| 35 | General İsmail Hakkı Karadayı | 30 August 1993 | 30 August 1994 |
| 36 | General Hikmet Bayar | 30 August 1994 | 27 August 1996 |
| 37 | General Hikmet Köksal | 27 August 1996 | 28 August 1997 |
| 38 | General Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu | 28 August 1997 | 27 August 1998 |
| 39 | General Atilla Ateş | 27 August 1998 | 25 August 2000 |
| 40 | General Hilmi Özkök | 27 August 2000 | 29 August 2002 |
| 41 | General Aytaç Yalman | 27 August 2002 | 29 August 2004 |
| 42 | General Yaşar Büyükanıt | 29 August 2004 | 25 August 2006 |
| 43 | General İlker Başbuğ | 25 August 2006 | 27 August 2008 |
| 44 | General Işık Koşaner | 27 August 2008 | 27 August 2010 |
| 45 | General Erdal Ceylanoğlu | 27 August 2010 | 29 July 2011 |
| 46 | General Necdet Özel | 29 July 2011 | 4 August 2011 |
| 47 | General Hayri Kıvrıkoğlu | 4 August 2011 | 23 August 2013 |
| 48 | General Hulusi Akar | 23 August 2013 | 17 August 2015 |
| 49 | General Salih Zeki Çolak | 17 August 2015 | 23 August 2017 |
| 50 | General Yaşar Güler | 23 August 2017 | 10 July 2018 |
| 51 | General Ümit Dündar | 10 July 2018 | 13 August 2021 |
| 52 | General Musa Avsever | 13 August 2021 | 3 August 2023 |
| 53 | General Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu | 3 August 2023 | Incumbent |