List of Commanders of the Turkish Land Forces
Table:
No.
Commander
Picture
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 Ahmet Nurettin Baransel

6 April 1954

28 May 1954

5

General Abdülkadir Seven

10 July 1954

25 April 1955

6

General İsmail 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 Mustafa Rüştü Erdelhun

1 August 1958

21 August 1958

10

General Cemal Gürsel

File:Cemal Gürsel (1).jpg

21 August 1958

2 June 1960

11

General Cevdet Sunay

File:Cevdet sunay.jpg

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 Ali 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 Mehmet 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

File:Yaşar Güler (2018).jpg

23 August 2017

10 July 2018

51

General Ümit Dündar

File:Ümit Dündar (2018).jpg

10 July 2018

Incumbent

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