List of commanders of the Special Forces of the Turkish Armed Forces

This list covers the commanders of the various special forces of the Turkish Armed Forces; namely, the Tactical Mobilisation Group (), 1952–65; the Special Warfare Department (), 1965–1994; and the Special Forces Command (

Commander Took office Left office 1 Daniş Karabelen 1952 1960 2 Faruk Ateşdağlı 1960 1961 3 Şaban Başsoy 1961 1963 4 Sezai Okan 1963 1965 5 Recai Engin 1965 1966 6 Cihat Akyol 1966 1971yenidenatilim.com, 6 March 2010, NATO’ya bağlı gizli ordu ve diğer Soğuk Savaş aparatları kuruluyor 7 Kemal Yamak 1971 1974 8 Sabri Yirmibeşoğlu 1974 1976 9 Atilla Erdoğan 1976 1980 10 Aydın İlter 1980 1983Bugün, 5 January 2010, Kozmik odaya giren tek siyasetçi 11 Cumhur Evcil 1983 1986 12 Hasan Kundakçı 1986 1988 13 Fevzi Türkeri 1988 1989 14 Atilla Kurtaran 1989 1990 15 Kemal Yılmaz 1990 1994 16 Fevzi Türkeri 1994 1996 17 Engin Alan 1996 2000 18 Nevzat Bekaroğlu 2000 2002 19 Sadık Ercan 2002 2003 20 Servet Yörük 2003 2005 21 Abdullah Barutçu 2005 2009 22 Halil Soysal 20 August 2009 4 August 2013 23 Zekai Aksakallı 4 August 2013 20 August 2017 24 Ahmet Ercan Çorbacı 20 August 2017 30 August 2019 25 Ömer Ertuğrul Erbakan 30 August 2019 Incumbent

See also Chief of the Turkish General Staff List of commanders of the Turkish Land Forces

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