# 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.
The current Commander of the First Army is General Ali Sivri, since 18 August 2022.
| No. | Commander | 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 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 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 | 5 August 2010 |
| 52 | General Erdal Ceylanoğlu | 5 August 2010 | 8 August 2010 |
| 53 | General Hayri Kıvrıkoğlu | 8 August 2010 | 4 August 2011 |
| 54 | General Yalçın Ataman | 4 August 2011 | 23 August 2013 |
| 55 | General Ahmet Turmuş | 23 August 2013 | 25 August 2014 |
| 56 | General Salih Zeki Çolak | 25 August 2014 | 10 August 2015 |
| 57 | General Ümit Dündar | 10 August 2015 | 28 July 2016 |
| 58 | General Musa Avsever | 28 July 2016 | 13 August 2021 |
| 59 | Lieutenant General Kemal Yeni | 24 August 2021 | 18 August 2022 |
| 60 | General Ali Sivri | 18 August 2022 | Incumbent |