List of Commanders of the Second Army of Turkey
This list includes Commanders of the Second Army of Turkey, who were, in their time of service, nominal heads of the Second Army, one of the four field armies of the Turkish Land Forces.
The current Commander of the Second Army is Lieutenant general Sinan Yayla, since 22 August 2019.
Commander | Picture | Took office | Left office | |
1 | General Yakup Şevki Subaşı | 1 November 1921 | 21 October 1923 | |
2 | General Ali Fuat Cebesoy | 21 October 1923 | 1 November 1924 | |
3 | General Fahrettin Altay | 1 November 1924 | 22 November 1933 | |
4 | General İzzettin Çalışlar | 22 November 1933 | 20 December 1939 | |
5 | General Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman | 20 December 1939 | 19 December 1943 | |
6 | General İshak Avni Akdağ | 19 December 1943 | 6 August 1945 | |
7 | General Nuri Yamut | 6 August 1945 | 9 August 1946 | |
8 | General Hakkı Akoğuz | 9 August 1946 | 24 August 1949 | |
9 | General Muzaffer Tuğsavul | 24 August 1949 | 6 July 1950 | |
10 | General Şahap Gürler | 6 July 1950 | 25 July 1952 | |
11 | General Abdülkadir Seven | 25 July 1952 | 25 April 1955 | |
12 | Lieutenant general Necati Tacan | 25 April 1955 | 14 June 1956 | |
13 | General Rüştü Erdelhun | 14 June 1956 | 1 Ağustos 1958 | |
14 | General Muhittin Önür | 1 August 1958 | 28 June 1960 | |
15 | General Mehmet Ali Keskiner | 28 June 1960 | 23 February 1962 | |
16 | General Refik Tulga | 26 February 1962 | 29 August 1963 | |
17 | General Cemal Tural | 25 September 1963 | 28 August 1964 | |
18 | General Kemalettin Gökakın | 28 August 1964 | 28 August 1967 | |
19 | General Nazmi Karakoç | 28 August 1967 | 28 August 1969 | |
20 | General Faruk Gürler | 29 August 1969 | 28 August 1970 | |
21 | General Semih Sancar | 29 August 1970 | 28 August 1972 | |
22 | General Nihat Tulunay | 28 August 1972 | 29 August 1973 | |
23 | General Suat Aktulga | 29 August 1973 | 28 August 1975 | |
24 | General Şükrü Olcay | 28 August 1975 | 30 August 1977 | |
25 | General Vecihi Akın | 30 August 1977 | 30 August 1978 | |
26 | General İbrahim Şenocak | 30 August 1978 | 30 August 1980 | |
27 | General Bedrettin Demirel | 30 August 1980 | 30 August 1981 | |
28 | General İsmail Hakkı Akansel | 30 August 1981 | 30 August 1984 | |
28 | General Adnan Doğu | 30 August 1984 | 30 August 1985 | |
30 | General Mehmet Önder | 30 August 1985 | 14 August 1986 | |
31 | General Burhanettin Bigalı | 14 August 1986 | 30 August 1988 | |
32 | General İbrahim Türkgenci | 30 August 1988 | 28 August 1990 | |
33 | General Kemal Yavuz | 28 August 1990 | 28 August 1992 | |
34 | General Necati İkizoğlu | 28 August 1992 | 28 August 1994 | |
35 | General Fikret Özden Boztepe | 28 August 1994 | 28 August 1996 | |
36 | General Rasim Betir | 28 August 1996 | 28 August 1998 | |
37 | General Aytaç Yalman | 28 August 1998 | 24 August 2000 | |
38 | General Halit Edip Başer | 24 August 2000 | 28 August 2002 | |
39 | General Fevzi Türkeri | 28 August 2002 | 26 August 2004 | |
40 | General Şükrü Sarıışık | 26 August 2004 | 30 August 2006 | |
41 | General Hasan Iğsız | 30 August 2006 | 30 August 2008 | |
42 | General Necdet Özel | 30 August 2008 | 24 August 2010 | |
43 | General Servet Yörük | 24 August 2010 | 30 August 2012 | |
44 | General Galip Mendi | 30 August 2012 | 30 August 2014 | |
45 | General Adem Huduti | 30 August 2014 | 18 July 2016 | |
46 | General İsmail Metin Temel | 18 July 2016 | 31 December 2018 | |
47 | Lieutenant general Sinan Yayla | 22 August 2019 | Incumbent |