List of commanders of the First Army of Turkey
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This list includes commanders of the First Army of Turkey, who were, in their time of service, nominal heads of the First Army (Turkish: Birinci Ordu), one of the four field armies of the Turkish Land Forces.
The current Commander of the First Army is General Ali Sivri, since 18 August 2022.
No. | Commander | Picture | Took office | Left office |
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1 | Major general Ali İhsan Sâbis | ![]() |
9 October 1921 | 19 June 1922 |
2 | Lieutenant general Nureddin İbrahim Konyar | ![]() |
29 June 1922 | 15 August 1923 |
3 | Lieutenant general Kâzım Karabekir | ![]() |
21 October 1923 | 26 October 1924 |
4 | General Ali Sait Akbaytogan | ![]() |
26 October 1924 | 21 November 1933 |
5 | General Fahrettin Altay | ![]() |
22 November 1933 | 19 December 1943 |
6 | General Cemil Cahit Toydemir | ![]() |
17 December 1943 | 15 June 1946 |
7 | General Salih Omurtak | ![]() |
17 June 1946 | 29 July 1946 |
8 | General Nuri Yamut | ![]() |
9 August 1946 | 1 July 1949 |
9 | General Asım Tınaztepe | 8 July 1949 | 23 June 1950 | |
10 | General Şükrü Kanatlı | ![]() |
24 June 1950 | 27 December 1951 |
11 | General Zekâi Okan | 27 December 1951 | 11 August 1952 | |
12 | General Nurettin Baransel | 4 November 1952 | 6 April 1954 | |
13 | General Hakkı Tunaboylu | ![]() |
6 April 1954 | 13 July 1955 |
14 | General Ahmet Nurettin Aknoz | 9 September 1955 | 16 June 1956 | |
15 | Lieutenant general Vedat Garan | 16 June 1956 | 22 June 1956 | |
16 | General Nazmi Ataç | 16 June 1956 | 19 September 1957 | |
17 | General Fazıl Bilge | 13 December 1957 | 1 September 1958 | |
18 | General Fahrettin Özdilek | 30 August 1958 | 10 June 1960 | |
19 | General Mehmet Muzaffer Alankuş | 6 June 1960 | 4 August 1960 | |
20 | General Cemal Tural | 1 August 1960 | 25 September 1962 | |
21 | General Ahmet Refik Yılmaz | 25 September 1962 | 19 March 1966 | |
22 | General Memduh Tağmaç | 16 July 1966 | 22 August 1968 | |
23 | General Haydar Sükan | 22 August 1968 | 29 August 1969 | |
24 | General Kemal Atalay | ![]() |
29 August 1969 | 29 September 1970 |
25 | General Faik Türün | 29 September 1970 | 14 August 1973 | |
26 | General Hüseyin Doğan Özgöçmen | 14 August 1973 | 25 August 1975 | |
27 | General Adnan Ersöz | 25 August 1975 | 30 August 1977 | |
28 | General Nurettin Ersin | 30 August 1977 | 8 March 1978 | |
29 | General Necdet Üruğ | 15 March 1978 | 25 August 1981 | |
30 | General Ali Haydar Saltık | 25 August 1981 | 22 August 1983 | |
31 | General Necdet Öztorun | 22 August 1983 | 23 August 1984 | |
32 | General Necip Torumtay | 24 August 1984 | 11 August 1985 | |
33 | General Recep Orhan Ergun | 11 August 1985 | 24 July 1987 | |
34 | General Doğan Güreş | 3 August 1987 | 23 August 1989 | |
35 | General Muhittin Fisunoğlu | 23 August 1989 | 31 December 1990 | |
36 | General İsmail Hakkı Karadayı | 1 January 1991 | 17 August 1993 | |
37 | General Mehmet Hikmet Bayar | 17 August 1993 | 22 August 1994 | |
38 | General Hikmet Köksal | 22 August 1994 | 26 August 1996 | |
39 | General Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu | 26 August 1996 | 26 August 1997 | |
40 | General Atilla Ateş | 26 August 1997 | 18 August 1998 | |
41 | General Çevik Bir | ![]() |
18 August 1998 | 20 August 1999 |
42 | General Hilmi Özkök | ![]() |
20 August 1999 | 21 August 2000 |
43 | General Necdet Yılmaz Timur | 21 August 2000 | 17 August 2001 | |
44 | General Çetin Doğan | 17 August 2001 | 20 August 2003 | |
45 | General Yaşar Büyükanıt | ![]() |
20 August 2003 | 20 August 2004 |
46 | General Hurşit Tolon | 20 August 2004 | 19 August 2005 | |
47 | General İlker Başbuğ | ![]() |
19 August 2005 | 17 August 2006 |
48 | General Fethi Remzi Tuncel | 17 August 2006 | 17 August 2007 | |
49 | General İsmail Koçman | 17 August 2007 | 22 August 2008 | |
50 | General Ergin Saygun | ![]() |
22 August 2008 | 30 August 2009 |
51 | General Hasan Iğsız | 30 August 2009 | 5 August 2010 | |
52 | General Erdal Ceylanoğlu | 5 August 2010 | 8 August 2010 | |
53 | General Hayri Kıvrıkoğlu | 8 August 2010 | 4 August 2011 | |
54 | General Yalçın Ataman | 4 August 2011 | 23 August 2013 | |
55 | General Ahmet Turmuş | 23 August 2013 | 25 August 2014 | |
56 | General Salih Zeki Çolak | ![]() |
25 August 2014 | 10 August 2015 |
57 | General Ümit Dündar | ![]() |
10 August 2015 | 28 July 2016 |
58 | General Musa Avsever | ![]() |
28 July 2016 | 13 August 2021 |
59 | Lieutenant General Kemal Yeni | ![]() |
24 August 2021 | 18 August 2022 |
60 | General Ali Sivri | 18 August 2022 | Incumbent |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Sources
[edit]- Haşim Söylemez, "Birinci Ordu, kıt’a dur!", Aksiyon, Sayı: 778 / Tarih: 2 November 2009. (in Turkish)