List of commanders of the Turkish Land Forces
Introduction This list includes '''commanders of the Turkish Land Forces''' (), who were, in their time of service, nominal heads of the Turkish Land Forces (or Turkish Army).The current Commander of the Turkish Land Forces is General Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu, since 3 August 2023.Commander  Picture  Took office  Left office 1 General Nuri Yamut 50px 1 July 1949 5 June 1950 2 General Kurtcebe Noyan 50px 6 June 1950 7 May 1951 3 General Şükrü Kanatlı 50px 28 December 1951 15 January 1954 4 General Nurettin Baransel 50px 6 April 1954 28 May 1954 5 General Abdülkadir Seven  10 July 1954 25 April 1955 6 General Hakkı Tunaboylu 50px 13 September 1955 6 June 1956 7 General Ahmet Nurettin Aknoz  25 June 1956 16 September 1957 8 General İbrahim Necati Tacan  30 November 1957 28 July 1958 9 General Rüştü Erdelhun  1 August 1958 21 August 1958 10 General Cemal Gürsel  50px 21 August 1958 2 June 1960 11 General Cevdet Sunay 50px 3 June 1960 2 August 1960 12 General Mehmet Muzaffer Alankuş  4 August 1960 6 January 1961 13 Lieutenant general Celal Alkoç  6 March 1961 26 June 1961 14 General Muhittin Önür  31 August 1961  23 February 1962 15 General Mehmet Ali Keskiner  23 February 1962 28 August 1964 16 General Cemal Tural  28 August 1964 15 March 1966 17 General Ahmet Refik Yılmaz  21 March 1966 23 August 1968 18 General Memduh Tağmaç  23 August 1968 16 March 1969 19 General Fikret Esen   18 March 1969 28 August 1969 20 General Nazmi Karakoç  28 August 1969 28 August 1970 21 General Faruk Gürler   28 August 1970 28 August 1972 22 General Semih Sancar  28 August 1972 7 March 1973 23 General Eşref Akıncı  7 March 1973 1 April 1976 24 General Namık Kemal Ersun   29 March 1976 1 June 1977 25 General Semih Sancar  1 June 1977 4 September 1977 26 General Kenan Evren 50px 5 September 1977 6 March 1978 27 General Nurettin Ersin  9 March 1978 1 July 1983 28 General Necdet Üruğ  1 July 1983 6 December 1983 29 General Haydar Saltık   6 December 1983 12 August 1985 30 General Necdet Öztorun  12 August 1985 2 July 1987 31 General Necip Torumtay  2 July 1987 24 July 1987 32 General Kemal Yamak  24 July 1987 23 August 1989 33 General Doğan Güreş 50px 23 August 1989 6 December 1990 34 General Muhittin Fisunoğlu  1 January 1991 30 August 1993 35 General İsmail Hakkı Karadayı  30 August 1993 30 August 1994 36 General Hikmet Bayar  30 August 1994 27 August 1996 37 General Hikmet Köksal  27 August 1996 28 August 1997 38 General Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu   28 August 1997 27 August 1998 39 General Atilla Ateş   27 August 1998 25 August 2000 40 General Hilmi Özkök 50px 27 August 2000  29 August 2002 41 General Aytaç Yalman   27 August 2002 29 August 2004 42 General Yaşar Büyükanıt 50px 29 August 2004  25 August 2006 43 General İlker Başbuğ 50px 25 August 2006 27 August 2008 44 General Işık Koşaner  27 August 2008 27 August 2010 45 General Erdal Ceylanoğlu  27 August 2010 29 July 2011 46 General Necdet Özel 50px 29 July 2011 4 August 2011 47 General Hayri Kıvrıkoğlu  4 August 2011 23 August 2013 48 General Hulusi Akar 50px 23 August 2013 17 August 2015 49 General Salih Zeki Çolak 50px 17 August 2015 23 August 2017 50 General Yaşar Güler 50px 23 August 2017 10 July 2018 51 General Ümit Dündar 50px 10 July 2018 13 August 2021 52 General Musa Avsever 50px 13 August 2021 3 August 2023 53 General Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu 50px 3 August 2023 ''Incumbent''
See also * Chief of the Turkish General Staff* List of commanders of the Turkish Air Force* List of commanders of the Turkish Naval Forces* List of general commanders of the Turkish Gendarmerie* List of commandants of the Turkish Coast Guard* List of commanders of the First Army of Turkey* List of commanders of the Second Army of Turkey* List of commanders of the Third Army of Turkey* List of commanders of the Aegean Army
References
Sources * Harp Akademileri Komutanlığı, ''Harp Akademilerinin 120 Yılı'', İstanbul, 1968.