List of Commanders of the First Army of Turkey


This list includes Commanders of the First Army of Turkey, who were, in their time of service, nominal heads of the First Army, one of the four field armies of the Turkish Land Forces.
The current Commander of the First Army is General Musa Avsever, since 28 July 2016.
CommanderPictureTook officeLeft office
1Major general Ali İhsan Sâbis9 October 192119 June 1922
2Lieutenant general Nureddin İbrahim Konyar29 June 192215 August 1923
3Lieutenant general Kâzım Karabekir21 October 192326 October 1924
4General Ali Sait Akbaytogan26 October 192421 November 1933
5General Fahrettin Altay22 November 193319 December 1943
6General Cemil Cahit Toydemir17 December 194315 June 1946
7General Salih Omurtak17 June 194629 July 1946
8General Nuri Yamut9 August 19461 July 1949
9General Asım Tınaztepe8 July 194923 June 1950
10General Şükrü Kanatlı24 June 195027 December 1951
11General Zekâi Okan27 December 195111 August 1952
12General Nurettin Baransel4 November 19526 April 1954
13General Hakkı Tunaboylu6 April 195413 July 1955
14General Ahmet Nurettin Aknoz9 September 195516 June 1956
15Lieutenant general Vedat Garan16 June 195622 June 1956
16General Nazmi Ataç16 June 195619 September 1957
17General Fazıl Bilge13 December 19571 September 1958
18General Fahrettin Özdilek30 August 195810 June 1960
19General Mehmet Muzaffer Alankuş6 June 19604 August 1960
20General Cemal Tural1 August 196025 September 1962
21General Ahmet Refik Yılmaz25 September 196219 March 1966
22General Memduh Tağmaç16 July 196622 August 1968
23General Haydar Sükan22 August 196829 August 1969
24General Kemal Atalay29 August 196929 September 1970
25General Faik Türün29 September 197014 August 1973
26General Hüseyin Doğan Özgöçmen14 August 197325 August 1975
27General Adnan Ersöz25 August 197530 August 1977
28General Nurettin Ersin30 August 19778 March 1978
29General Necdet Üruğ15 March 197825 August 1981
30General Ali Haydar Saltık25 August 198122 August 1983
31General Necdet Öztorun22 August 198323 August 1984
32General Necip Torumtay24 August 198411 August 1985
33General Recep Orhan Ergun11 August 198524 July 1987
34General Doğan Güreş3 August 198723 August 1989
35General Muhittin Fisunoğlu23 August 198931 December 1990
36General İsmail Hakkı Karadayı1 January 199117 August 1993
37General Mehmet Hikmet Bayar17 August 199322 August 1994
38General Hikmet Köksal22 August 199426 August 1996
39General Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu26 August 199626 August 1997
40General Atilla Ateş26 August 199718 August 1998
41General Çevik Bir18 August 199820 August 1999
42General Hilmi Özkök20 August 199921 August 2000
43General Necdet Yılmaz Timur21 August 200017 August 2001
44General Çetin Doğan17 August 200120 August 2003
45General Yaşar Büyükanıt20 August 200320 August 2004
46General Hurşit Tolon20 August 200419 August 2005
47General İlker Başbuğ19 August 200517 August 2006
48General Fethi Remzi Tuncel17 August 200617 August 2007
49General İsmail Koçman17 August 200722 August 2008
50General Ergin Saygun22 August 200830 August 2009
51General Hasan Iğsız30 August 200930 August 2010
52General Hayri Kıvrıkoğlu30 August 20104 August 2011
53General Yalçın Ataman4 August 201123 August 2013
54General Ahmet Turmuş23 August 201325 August 2014
55General Salih Zeki Çolak25 August 201410 August 2015
56General Ümit Dündar10 August 201528 July 2016
57General Musa Avsever28 July 2016Incumbent