List of Chiefs of the Turkish General Staff

This list includes Chiefs of the General Staff of the Republic of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Genelkurmay Başkanı).

	Name	Image	Birth date Death date Burial ground	Rank (last rank)	Start End	Register Year of Graduation: KHO Year of Graduation: Ottoman / Turkish staff college	Note
1	İsmet İnönü Erkân-ı Harbiye-i Umumiye Reis Vekili		24 September 1884, Izmir 25 December 1973 Anıtkabir	Mirliva (General)	3 May 1920 3 August 1921	Top. 1319 (1903)-1 1906 (59th class)	31 March Incident Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence 2nd president
2	Fevzi Çakmak Erkân-ı Harbiye-i Umumiye Reis Vekili	100px	1876, Istanbul 10 April 1950 Eyüp Cemetery	Mareşal	5 August 1921 12 January 1944	P. 1311 (1895)-c-7 1898 (51st class)	Albanian Uprising Italo-Turkish War Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence
3	Kâzım Orbay		11 March 1887, Izmir 3 June 1964 Zincirlikuyu Cemetery Turkish State Cemetery	General	12 January 1944 30 July 1946 (resigned)	Top. 1320 (1904)-1 1907 (60th class)	31 March Incident Albanian Uprising Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence Dersim Rebellion
4	Salih Omurtak		1889, Thessaloniki 23 June 1954 Ankara Hava Şehitliği Turkish State Cemetery	General	1 August 1946 8 June 1949	P. 1323 (1907)-1 1910 (63rd class)	Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence
5	Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman	100px	1882, Bodrum 6 February 1966 Zincirlikuyu Cemetery Turkish State Cemetery	General	10 June 1949 6 June 1950	P. 1319 (1903)-5 1906 (59th class)	Italo-Turkish War Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence (POW in 1919)
6	Nuri Yamut		1890, Thessaloniki 5 June 1961 Zincirlikuyu Cemetery	General	5 June 1950 10 April 1954	P. 1324 (1908)-27 1920 (67th class)	Balkan Wars (POW in 1912) World War I War of Independence
7	Nurettin Baransel		1897, Istanbul 21 May 1967 Zincirlikuyu Cemetery	General	28 May 1954 25 August 1955	P. 1328 (1912)-b-84 1925 (69th class)	Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence
8	İsmail Hakkı Tunaboylu		1895, Oryahovo 28 October 1958 Cebeci Asri Cemetery	General	25 August 1955 10 October 1957	Top. 1330 (1914)-c-3 1927 (71st class)	World War I War of Independence
9	Feyzi Mengüç		1896, Istanbul 23 June 1966 Edirnekapı Martyr's Cemetery	General	11 October 1957 22 August 1958	İs. 1330 (1914)-c-39 1925 (69th class)	World War I War of Independence
10	Rüştü Erdelhun		1894, Edirne 9 November 1983 Cebeci Asri Cemetery	General	23 August 1958 27 May 1960	Top. 1330 (1914)-b-10 1926 (70th class)	World War I War of Independence
11	Ragıp Gümüşpala		1897, Edirne 6 June 1964 Zincirlikuyu Cemetery	General	3 June 1960 4 August 1960	P. 1333 (1917)-92 1934 (78th class)	World War I War of Independence Sheikh Said Rebellion
12	Cevdet Sunay		1899, Trabzon 22 May 1982 Turkish State Cemetery	General	4 August 1960 16 March 1966	Top. 1334 (1918)-N-6 1930 (74th class)	World War I (POW in 1917) War of Independence 5th president
13	Cemal Tural		1905, Erzincan 17 December 1981 Zincirlikuyu Cemetery	General	16 March 1966 16 March 1969	P. 1341 (1925)-12 1933 (77th class)
14	Memduh Tağmaç		1904, Erzurum 30 March 1978 Zincirlikuyu Cemetery	General	16 March 1969 29 August 1972	Top. 1928-1 1938 (82nd class)	March 12 memorandum
15	Faruk Gürler		1913, Istanbul 23 August 1984 Cebeci Şehitliği	General	29 August 1972 6 March 1973	Top. 1931-13 1942 (86th class)	March 12 memorandum (as commander of K. K. K.)
16	Semih Sancar		1911, Erzurum 8 December 1984 Cebeci Şehitliği	General	6 March 1973 7 March 1978	Top. 1932-8 1942 (86th class)	Cyprus Operation
17	Kenan Evren		17 July 1917, Alaşehir 9 May 2015, Ankara	General	7 March 1978 1 July 1983	Top. 1938-50 1949 (93rd class)	September 12 coup d'état 7th president
18	Nurettin Ersin		1918, Çanakkale 3 October 2005 Cebeci Şehitliği	General	1 July 1983 6 December 1983	P. 1937-88 1948 (92nd class)	Cyprus Operation (as commander of K.T.B.K) September 12 coup d'état (as commander of K.K.K.)
19	Necdet Üruğ		1921, Istanbul -	General	6 December 1983 2 July 1987	Top. 1941-30 1950 (95th class)	nephew of Ömer Faruk Gürler
20	Necip Torumtay		1926, Trabzon - 28 August 2011, Ankara	General	24 July 1987 3 December 1990	Top. 1944-9 1954 (96th class)
21	Doğan Güreş		1926, Kilis -	General	6 December 1990 30 August 1994	P. 1947-Nk.-2 1965 (107th class)
22	İsmail Hakkı Karadayı		1932, Çankırı -	General	30 August 1994 30 August 1998	Top. 1951-67 1963 (105th class)	Operation Steel Atmaca Tokat Harekâtı Operation Hammer February 28 Process Operation Dawn
23	Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu		1934, Bozuyuk -	General	30 August 1998 28 August 2002	Top. 1955-3 1967 (109th class)
24	Hilmi Özkök		1940, Turgutlu -	General	28 August 2002 30 August 2006	Top. 1959-1 1972 (114th class)	Master tactician to cooperate with enemy, traitor to cooperate to form imam republic of Turkey.
25	Yaşar Büyükanıt		1 September 1940, Istanbul -	General	30 August 2006 30 August 2008	P. 1961-2 1972 (114th class)	Operation Hammer (as commander of he has cooperated with enemy for the sake of free of charge armored vehicle and increase in salaray VII Corps) Şemdinli incident (as commander of K.K.K.) E-memorandum Operation Sun
26	İlker Başbuğ	100px	29 April 1943, Afyonkarahisar -	General	30 August 2008 30 August 2010	P. 1962-2 1973 (115th class)	Lost the war to Imam`s army and imprisoned (as commander of K.T.B.K) September 12 coup d'état (as commander of K.K.K.)
27	Işık Koşaner		5 December 1945, Izmir -	General	30 August 2010 29 July 2011	P. 1965-3 1978 (120th class)	Fearful general who resigned rather to fight on.
28	Necdet Özel		1950, Ankara -	General	30 July 2011 18 August 2015	P. 1969-1 1978 (120th class)	The mastermind of cooperation with the enemy to diminish( punishable by death in USA) while comrades in prison.
29	Hulusi Akar		1952, Kayseri -	NCO	18 August 2015	P. 1972-1 1982	Witness to a Fugitives daughter`s wedding shame of Turkey (as commander of Turkish military presence Wedding) Tayyip coup d'état (as commander of K.K.K.)