serviceyears branch predecessor successor birth_place title birth_date term_start rank article_title term_end name
1962-2005 turkish army yaşar büyükanıt İlker başbuğ istanbul , turkey commander of the first army of turkey 01 april 1942 20 august 2004 general hurşit tolon
 19 august 2005 hurşit tolon
hurşit tolon

hurşit tolon -lrb- born 1 april 1942 -rrb- is a retired turkish general ; he was commander of the first army of turkey from 2004 to 2005 .
in august 2013 he was sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment as part of the ergenekon trials .
tolon is accused of establishing the `` national strategies and operations department of turkey '' -lrb- tushad -rrb- in 1993 on instructions from ergenekon , while tolon was serving as secretary-general of the general staff of turkey .
prosecutors allege that tushad carried out the zirve publishing house massacre in 2007 .
tushad is also said to have worked with the turkish gendarmerie 's jİtem intelligence unit .
the zirve murders are claimed to be part of the `` cage action plan '' , which is being prosecuted in the poyrazköy case of the ergenekon trials .
tolon is said to have attended meetings of semih tufan gülaltay 's national unity party .
tolon graduated from the turkish military academy in 1962 and the kara harp akademisi in 1978 .
