# List of chiefs of the General Directorate of Security (Turkey)

This list covers the chiefs of the General Directorate of Security (Turkish National Police) since 1923.
| # | Chief | Begin | End |
| 1 | İsmail Hamit Oktay | 24 October 1923 | 6 February 1924 |
| 2 | Muhittin Üstündağ | 23 February 1924 | 29 June 1925 |
| 3 | Rıfat Danışman | 21 September 1925 | 5 August 1930 |
| 4 | Tevfik Hadi Baysal | 5 August 1930 | 17 July 1934 |
| 5 | Şükrü Sökmen Süer | 20 September 1934 | 17 July 1939 |
| 6 | Ali Rıza Çevik | 17 July 1939 | 11 July 1941 |
| 7 | Osman Nüri Adal | 11 July 1941 | 3 August 1946 |
| 8 | Haluk Nihat Pepeyi | 13 November 1946 | 7 July 1947 |
| 9 | Ahmet Demir | 22 August 1947 | 15 November 1947 |
| 10 | Gafur Soylu | 15 November 1947 | 16 June 1950 |
| 11 | Ferruh Şahinbaş | 20 June 1950 | 21 September 1950 |
| 12 | Servet Sürenkök | 21 September 1950 | 25 January 1952 |
| 13 | Kemal Aygün | 31 January 1952 | 1 June 1954 |
| 14 | Ethem Yetkiner | 5 June 1954 | 12 September 1955 |
| 15 | Kemal Aygün | 12 September 1955 | 9 October 1957 |
| 16 | Cemal Göktan | 9 October 1957 | 17 May 1960 |
| 17 | Necip San | 2 June 1960 | 5 January 1961 |
| 18 | İhsan Aras | 17 April 1961 | 16 July 1963 |
| 19 | Ahmet Demir | 16 July 1963 | 3 December 1965 |
| 20 | Hayrettin Nakipoğlu | 3 December 1965 | 15 October 1969 |
| 21 | Ömer Naci Bozkurt | 20 May 1970 | 28 April 1971 |
| 22 | E.Sedat Kirtetepe | 28 April 1971 | 18 Jan 1972 |
| 23 | Orhan Alaeddin Erbuğ | 18 January 1972 | 22 June 1974 |
| 24 | Celalettin Tüfekçi | 13 August 1974 | 25 February 1976 |
| 25 | Metin Dirimtekin | 9 April 1976 | 3 October 1977 |
| 26 | Vecdi Gönül | 22 October 1977 | 22 February 1978 |
| 27 | Gürbüz Atabek | 22 February 1978 | 6 June 1978 |
| 28 | Ali Haydar Özkın | 19 July 1978 | 3 December 1979 |
| 29 | Refet Küçüktiryaki | 3 December 1979 | 11 April 1980 |
| 30 | İsmail Dokuzoğlu | 11 April 1980 | 12 September 1980 |
| 31 | Hayrettin Tolunay | 12 September 1980 | 2 January 1981 |
| 32 | Fahri Görgülü | 2 January 1981 | 19 April 1984 |
| 33 | Saffet Arıkan Bedük | 19 April 1984 | 14 January 1988 |
| 34 | Sabahattin Çakmakoğlu | 14 January 1988 | 11 April 1990 |
| 35 | Necati Bilican | 16 April 1990 | 9 July 1991 |
| 36 | Ünal Erkan | 9 July 1991 | 18 February 1992 |
| 37 | Yılmaz Ergün | 18 February 1992 | 10 July 1993 |
| 38 | Mehmet Ağar | 10 July 1993 | 31 October 1995 |
| 39 | Alaaddin Yüksel | 12 April 1996 | 26 May 1997 |
| 40 | Kemal Çelik | 26 May 1997 | 1 August 1997 |
| 41 | Necati Bilican | 1 August 1997 | 11 June 1998 |
| 42 | Necati Bilican | 18 July 1998 | 9 June 1999 |
| 43 | Turan Genç | 12 June 1999 | 13 June 2001 |
| 44 | İbrahim Kemal Önal | 21 June 2001 | 31 January 2003 |
| 45 | Gökhan Aydıner | 1 February 2003 | 5 December 2006 |
| 46 | Oğuz Kağan Köksal | 12 March 2007 | 10 March 2011 |
| 47 | Mehmet Kılıçlar | 11 August 2011 | 22 September 2014 |
| 48 | Mehmet Celalettin Lekesiz | 22 September 2014 | 10 September 2016 |
| 49 | Selami Altınok | 10 September 2016 | 26 April 2018 |
| 50 | Celal Uzunkaya | 25 July 2018 | 20 July 2019 |
| 51 | Mehmet Aktaş | 20 July 2019 | 22 June 2023 |
| 52 | Erol Ayyıldız | 27 June 2023 | Incumbent |