List of General Commanders of the Turkish Gendarmerie


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 CommanderPictureTook officeLeft office
1Colonel Baha Hurşit Süel29 October 19236 June 1924
2Colonel Ahmet Zeki Soydemir6 June 192430 July 1930
3Lieutenant general Kazım Orbay30 July 193024 August 1935
4Lieutenant general Naci Tınaz3 September 193512 November 1939
5Lieutenant general Cemil Cahit Toydemir12 November 193913 July 1940
6Lieutenant general Ali Rıza Artunkal27 October 194011 October 1941
7Lieutenant general Rüştü Akın1 October 194111 January 1943
8Lieutenant general Rıfat Mataracı26 February 19433 May 1945
9Lieutenant general Nazmi Gönenli9 May 194518 October 1947
10Lieutenant general Şükrü Kanatlı23 October 194728 March 1949
11Lieutenant general Nuri Berköz28 March 194928 June 1950
12General Kemal Yaşınkılıç3 July 195024 May 1954
13General Tahsin Çelebican27 May 195427 May 1960
14Major general Nezihi Fırat28 May 196016 June 1960
15Lieutenant general Hayati Ataker16 June 19604 August 1960
16Lieutenant general Muhittin Önür7 September 196014 January 1961
17Brigadier general Abdurrahman Doruk16 January 196124 February 1962
18Brigadier general Fahri Ogan25 February 196225 July 1962
19Lieutenant general Fikret Esen25 July 196212 July 1966
20General Haydar Sükan12 July 196622 August 1968
21General Kemal Atalay4 September 196828 August 1969
22General Semih Sancar29 August 196928 August 1970
23General Kemalettin Eken2 September 197028 August 1972
24General Orhan Yiğit28 August 197230 August 1975
25General Nurettin Ersin22 August 19755 January 1976
26Lieutenant general Şahap Yardımoğlu26 February 197625 August 1978
27General Sedat Celasun25 August 19786 December 1983
28General Mehmet Buyruk6 December 198320 August 1985
29General Fikret Oktay20 August 198530 August 1986
30General Adnan Doğu15 August 198630 August 1988
31General Burhanettin Bigalı23 August 198830 August 1990
32General Eşref Bitlis20 August 199017 February 1993
33General Aydın İlter23 February 19931 September 1995
34General Teoman Koman30 August 199529 August 1997
35General Fikret Boztepe29 August 199727 August 1998
36General Rasim Betir27 August 199824 August 2000
37General Aytaç Yalman24 August 200027 August 2002
38General Şener Eruygur27 August 200226 August 2004
39General Fevzi Türkeri26 August 200424 August 2006
40General Işık Koşaner24 August 200626 August 2008
41General Avni Atila Işık27 August 200811 August 2010
42General Necdet Özel11 August 201029 July 2011
43General Bekir Kalyoncu4 August 201122 August 2013
44General Servet Yörük22 August 201322 August 2014
45General Abdullah Atay22 August 201413 August 2015
46General Galip Mendi13 August 201519 July 2016
Lieutenant general İbrahim Yaşar
19 July 201628 July 2016
47General Yaşar Güler29 July 201621 August 2017
48General Arif Çetin21 August 2017Incumbent