List of Commanders of the Turkish Land Forces


This list includes Commanders of the Turkish Land Forces, who were, in their time of service, nominal heads of the Turkish Land Forces.
The current Commander of the Turkish Land Forces is General Ümit Dündar, since 10 July 2018.
CommanderPictureTook officeLeft office
1General Nuri Yamut1 July 19495 June 1950
2General Kurtcebe Noyan6 June 19507 May 1951
3General Şükrü Kanatlı28 December 195115 January 1954
4General Ahmet Nurettin Baransel6 April 195428 May 1954
5General Abdülkadir Seven10 July 195425 April 1955
6General İsmail Hakkı Tunaboylu13 September 19556 June 1956
7General Ahmet Nurettin Aknoz25 June 195616 September 1957
8General İbrahim Necati Tacan30 November 195728 July 1958
9General Mustafa Rüştü Erdelhun1 August 195821 August 1958
10General Cemal Gürsel21 August 19582 June 1960
11General Cevdet Sunay3 June 19602 August 1960
12General Mehmet Muzaffer Alankuş4 August 19606 January 1961
13Lieutenant general Celal Alkoç6 March 196126 June 1961
14General Muhittin Önür31 August 196123 February 1962
15General Mehmet Ali Keskiner23 February 196228 August 1964
16General Cemal Tural28 August 196415 March 1966
17General Ahmet Refik Yılmaz21 March 196623 August 1968
18General Memduh Tağmaç23 August 196816 March 1969
19General Fikret Esen18 March 196928 August 1969
20General Nazmi Karakoç28 August 196928 August 1970
21General Faruk Gürler28 August 197028 August 1972
22General Semih Sancar28 August 19727 March 1973
23General Eşref Akıncı7 March 19731 April 1976
24General Namık Kemal Ersun29 March 19761 June 1977
25General Semih Sancar1 June 19774 September 1977
26General Kenan Evren5 September 19776 March 1978
27General Nurettin Ersin9 March 19781 July 1983
28General Necdet Üruğ1 July 19836 December 1983
29General Ali Haydar Saltık6 December 198312 August 1985
30General Necdet Öztorun12 August 19852 July 1987
31General Necip Torumtay2 July 198724 July 1987
32General Kemal Yamak24 July 198723 August 1989
33General Doğan Güreş23 August 19896 December 1990
34General Muhittin Fisunoğlu1 January 199130 August 1993
35General İsmail Hakkı Karadayı30 August 199330 August 1994
36General Mehmet Hikmet Bayar30 August 199427 August 1996
37General Hikmet Köksal27 August 199628 August 1997
38General Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu28 August 199727 August 1998
39General Atilla Ateş27 August 199825 August 2000
40General Hilmi Özkök27 August 200029 August 2002
41General Aytaç Yalman27 August 200229 August 2004
42General Yaşar Büyükanıt29 August 200425 August 2006
43General İlker Başbuğ25 August 200627 August 2008
44General Işık Koşaner27 August 200827 August 2010
45General Erdal Ceylanoğlu27 August 201029 July 2011
46General Necdet Özel29 July 20114 August 2011
47General Hayri Kıvrıkoğlu4 August 201123 August 2013
48General Hulusi Akar23 August 201317 August 2015
49General Salih Zeki Çolak17 August 201523 August 2017
50General Yaşar Güler23 August 201710 July 2018
51General Ümit Dündar10 July 2018Incumbent