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 Arif Çetin, since 21 August 2017.
General Commander Picture Took office Left office 1 Colonel Baha Hurşit Süel 29 October 1923 6 June 1924 2 Colonel Ahmet Zeki Soydemir 6 June 1924 30 July 1930 3 Lieutenant general Kazım Orbay 30 July 1930 24 August 1935 4 Lieutenant general Naci Tınaz 3 September 1935 12 November 1939 5 Lieutenant general Cemil Cahit Toydemir 12 November 1939 13 July 1940 6 Lieutenant general Ali Rıza Artunkal 27 October 1940 11 October 1941 7 Lieutenant general Rüştü Akın 1 October 1941 11 January 1943 8 Lieutenant general Rıfat Mataracı 26 February 1943 3 May 1945 9 Lieutenant general Nazmi Gönenli 9 May 1945 18 October 1947 10 Lieutenant general Şükrü Kanatlı 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 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 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 29 July 2016 21 August 2017 48 General Arif Çetin 21 August 2017 16 August 2024 49 General Ali Çardakcı 16 August 2024 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.