List of the Chiefs of the Turkish Gendarmerie

This list includes General Commanders of the Gendarmerie of Turkey.

#	\|Komutan	Göreve Başlama Tarihi	Görevden Ayrılma Tarihi
1	Baha Hurşit Süel	1923	1924
2	Ahmet Zeki Soydemir Ahmet Zeki Soydemir Ahmet Zeki Soydemir was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the general of the Turkish Army.-Sources:...	June 6, 1924	January 27, 1930
3	Kâzım Orbay Kazim Orbay Mehmet Kâzım Orbay was a Turkish general and senator. He served as the third Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces.-Biography:Kâzım Orbay was born in Smyrna , Ottoman Empire in 1887...	July 30, 1930	August 24, 1935
4	Naci Tınaz Naci Tınaz Naci Tınaz was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the general of the Turkish Army.-See also:*List of high-ranking commanders of the Turkish War of Independence...	September 3, 1935	December 29, 1939
5	Cemil Cahit Toydemir Cemil Cahit Toydemir Cemil Cahit Toydemir was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the general of the Turkish Army.-See also:*List of high-ranking commanders of the Turkish War of Independence...	November 12, 1939	July 13, 1940
6	Ali Rıza Artunkal	October 27, 1940	October 11, 1941
7	Rüştü Akın	October 1, 1941	February 11, 1943
8	Rıfat Mataracı	February 26, 1943	May 3, 1945
9	Nazmi Gönenli	May 9, 1945	October 18, 1947
10	Şükrü Kanatlı	October 23, 1947	March 28, 1949
11	Nuri Berköz Nuri Berköz M. Nuri Berköz was born in Shaki, Azerbaijan in 1889. After completing his primary education in the local Russian-Tatar School, his father decided to immigrate to Ottoman Turkey with his family in early twentieth century...	March 28, 1949	June 28, 1950
12	Kemal Yaşınkılıç	July 3, 1950	May 24, 1954
13	Tahsin Çelebican	May 27, 1954	May 27, 1960
14	Nezihi Fırat	May 28, 1960	June 16, 1960
15	Hayati Ataker	June 16, 1960	August 4, 1960
16	Muhittin Önür	September 7, 1960	January 14, 1961
17	Abdurrahman Doruk	January 16, 1961	February 24, 1962
18	Fahri Ogan	February 25, 1962	July 25, 1962
19	Fikret Esen	July 25, 1962	July 12, 1966
20	Haydar Sükan	July 12, 1966	August 22, 1968
21	Kemal Atalay	September 4, 1968	August 28, 1969
22	Semih Sancar	August 29, 1969	August 29, 1970
23	Kemalettin Eken	September 2, 1970	August 28, 1972
24	Orhan Yiğit	August 28, 1972	August 30, 1975
25	Nurettin Ersin	August 22, 1975	January 5, 1976
26	Şahap Yardımoğlu	February 26, 1976	August 25, 1978
27	Sedat Celasun	August 25, 1978	December 6, 1983
28	Mehmet Buyruk	December 6, 1983	Aubust 20, 1985
29	Fikret Oktay	August 20, 1985	August 30, 1986
30	Adnan Doğu	August 15, 1986	August 30, 1988
31	Burhanettin Bigalı	August 23, 1988	August 30, 1990
32	Eşref Bitlis Esref Bitlis Eşref Bitlis was a general in the Turkish Gendarmerie, who died in a mysterious plane crash.-Early life and career:He was born 1933 in the eastern Anatolian city of Malatya, Turkey. He attended the Turkish Military Academy, finishing it in 1952 in the rank of a Lieutenant...	August 20, 1990	February 17, 1993
33	Aydın İlter	February 23, 1993	September 1, 1995
34	Teoman Koman	August 30, 1995	August 29, 1997
35	Fikret Boztepe	August 29, 1997	August 27, 1998
36	Rasim Betir	August 27, 1998	August 24, 2000
37	Aytaç Yalman	August 24, 2000	August 27, 2002
38	Şener Eruygur	August 27, 2002	August 26, 2004
39	Fevzi Türkeri	August 26, 2004	August 24, 2006
40	Işık Koşaner Isik Kosaner Sebahattin Işık Koşaner is a Turkish former military general who served as the 27th Chief of the General Staff from 2010 to 2011.-Biography:...	August 24, 2006	August 26, 2008
41	Avni Atila Işık	August 27, 2008	August 11, 2010
42	Necdet Özel Necdet Özel Necdet Özel is the 28th Chief of the General Staff of the Republic of Turkey. He was appointed to the post on 4 August 2011. He was described by Turkish media as "army man with strong democratic credentials" .- References :...	August 11, 2010	July 30, 2011
43	Bekir Kalyoncu	August 4, 2011

Sources

Hizmeti Geçen Komutanlarımız in the official website of the Gendarmerie of Turkey.

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