List of general commanders of the Turkish Gendarmerie
Introduction This list includes '''general commanders of the Turkish Gendarmerie''' (), who were, in their time of service, nominal heads of the Turkish Gendarmerie.The current general commander of the Turkish Gendarmerie is General , since 21 August 2017.General Commander  Picture  Took office  Left office 1 Colonel Baha Hurşit Süel 50px 29 October 1923 6 June 1924 2 Colonel Ahmet Zeki Soydemir 50px 6 June 1924 30 July 1930 3 Lieutenant general Kazım Orbay 50px 30 July 1930 24 August 1935 4 Lieutenant general Naci Tınaz 50px 3 September 1935 12 November 1939 5 Lieutenant general Cemil Cahit Toydemir 50px 12 November 1939 13 July 1940 6 Lieutenant general Ali Rıza Artunkal 50px 27 October 1940 11 October 1941 7 Lieutenant general Rüştü Akın 50px 1 October 1941 11 January 1943 8 Lieutenant general Rıfat Mataracı 50px 26 February 1943 3 May 1945 9 Lieutenant general Nazmi Gönenli  9 May 1945 18 October 1947 10 Lieutenant general Şükrü Kanatlı 50px 23 October 1947 28 March 1949 11 Lieutenant general Nuri Berköz  28 March 1949 28 June 1950 12 General Kemal Yaşınkılıç  3 July 1950 24 May 1954 13 General Tahsin Çelebican  27 May 1954 27 May 1960 14 Major general Nezihi Fırat  28 May 1960 16 June 1960 15 Lieutenant general Hayati Ataker  16 June 1960 4 August 1960 16 Lieutenant general Muhittin Önür  7 September 1960 14 January 1961 17 Brigadier general Abdurrahman Doruk  16 January 1961 24 February 1962 18 Brigadier general Fahri Ogan  25 February 1962 25 July 1962 19 Lieutenant general Fikret Esen  25 July 1962 12 July 1966 20 General Haydar Sükan  12 July 1966 22 August 1968 21 General Kemal Atalay 50px 4 September 1968 28 August 1969 22 General Semih Sancar  29 August 1969 28 August 1970 23 General Kemalettin Eken  2 September 1970 28 August 1972 24 General Orhan Yiğit  28 August 1972 30 August 1975 25 General Nurettin Ersin  22 August 1975 5 January 1976 26 Lieutenant general Şahap Yardımoğlu  26 February 1976 25 August 1978 27 General Sedat Celasun  25 August 1978 6 December 1983 28 General Mehmet Buyruk  6 December 1983 20 August 1985 29 General Fikret Oktay  20 August 1985 30 August 1986 30 General Adnan Doğu  15 August 1986 30 August 1988 31 General Burhanettin Bigalı  23 August 1988 30 August 1990 32 General Eşref Bitlis  20 August 1990 17 February 1993 33 General Aydın İlter  23 February 1993 1 September 1995 34 General Teoman Koman  30 August 1995 29 August 1997 35 General Fikret Boztepe  29 August 1997 27 August 1998 36 General Rasim Betir  27 August 1998 24 August 2000 37 General Aytaç Yalman  24 August 2000 27 August 2002 38 General Şener Eruygur   27 August 2002 26 August 2004 39 General Fevzi Türkeri  26 August 2004 24 August 2006 40 General Işık Koşaner  24 August 2006 26 August 2008 41 General Avni Atila Işık  27 August 2008 11 August 2010 42 General Necdet Özel 50px 11 August 2010 29 July 2011 43 General Bekir Kalyoncu  4 August 2011 22 August 2013 44 General Servet Yörük 22 August 2013 22 August 2014 45 General Abdullah Atay  22 August 2014 13 August 2015 46 General Galip Mendi  13 August 2015 19 July 2016 Lieutenant general İbrahim Yaşar 19 July 2016 28 July 2016 47 General Yaşar Güler  50px 29 July 2016 21 August 2017 48 General Arif Çetin  21 August 2017 ''Incumbent''
See also *List of chiefs of the Turkish General Staff*List of commanders of the Turkish Land Forces*List of commanders of the Turkish Naval Forces*List of commanders of the Turkish Air Force*List of commandants of the Turkish Coast Guard
References
Sources * Hizmeti Geçen Komutanlarımız in the official website of the Turkish Gendarmerie.