This list covers the chiefs of the General Directorate of Security (Turkish National Police) since 1923.egm.gov.tr, Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğü
# Chief Begin End 1 İsmail Hamit Oktay 24 October 1923 6 February 1924 2 Muhittin Üstündağ 23 February 1924 29 June 1925 3 Rıfat Danışman 21 September 1925 5 August 1930 4 Tevfik Hadi Baysal 5 August 1930 17 July 1934 5 Şükrü Sökmen Süer 20 September 1934 17 July 1939 6 Ali Rıza Çevik 17 July 1939 11 July 1941 7 Osman Nüri Adal 11 July 1941 3 August 1946 8 Haluk Nihat Pepeyi 13 November 1946 7 July 1947 9 Ahmet Demir 22 August 1947 15 November 1947 10 Gafur Soylu 15 November 1947 16 June 1950 11 Ferruh Şahinbaş 20 June 1950 21 September 1950 12 Servet Sürenkök 21 September 1950 25 January 1952 13 Kemal Aygün 31 January 1952 1 June 1954 14 Ethem Yetkiner 5 June 1954 12 September 1955 15 Kemal Aygün 12 September 1955 9 October 1957 16 Cemal Göktan 9 October 1957 17 May 1960 17 Necip San 2 June 1960 5 January 1961 18 İhsan Aras 17 April 1961 16 July 1963 19 Ahmet Demir 16 July 1963 3 December 1965 20 Hayrettin Nakipoğlu 3 December 1965 15 October 1969 21 Ömer Naci Bozkurt 20 May 1970 28 April 1971 22 E.Sedat Kirtetepe 28 April 1971 18 Jan 1972 23 Orhan Alaeddin Erbuğ 18 January 1972 22 June 1974 24 Celalettin Tüfekçi 13 August 1974 25 February 1976 25 Metin Dirimtekin 9 April 1976 3 October 1977 26 Vecdi Gönül 22 October 1977 22 February 1978 27 Gürbüz Atabek 22 February 1978 6 June 1978 28 Ali Haydar Özkın 19 July 1978 3 December 1979 29 Refet Küçüktiryaki 3 December 1979 11 April 1980 30 İsmail Dokuzoğlu 11 April 1980 12 September 1980 31 Hayrettin Tolunay 12 September 1980 2 January 1981 32 Fahri Görgülü 2 January 1981 19 April 1984 33 Saffet Arıkan Bedük 19 April 1984 14 January 1988 34 Sabahattin Çakmakoğlu 14 January 1988 11 April 1990 35 Necati Bilican 16 April 1990 9 July 1991 36 Ünal Erkan 9 July 1991 18 February 1992 37 Yılmaz Ergün 18 February 1992 10 July 1993 38 Mehmet Ağar 10 July 1993 31 October 1995 39 Alaaddin Yüksel 12 April 1996 26 May 1997 40 Kemal Çelik 26 May 1997 1 August 1997 41 Necati Bilican 1 August 1997 11 June 1998 42 Necati Bilican 18 July 1998 9 June 1999 43 Turan Genç 12 June 1999 13 June 2001 44 İbrahim Kemal Önal 21 June 2001 31 January 2003 45 Gökhan Aydıner 1 February 2003 5 December 2006 46 Oğuz Kağan Köksal 12 March 2007 10 March 2011 47 Mehmet Kılıçlar 11 August 2011 22 September 2014 48 Mehmet Celalettin Lekesiz 22 September 2014 10 September 2016 49 Selami Altınok 10 September 2016 26 April 2018 50 Celal Uzunkaya 25 July 2018 20 July 2019 51 Mehmet Aktaş 20 July 2019 22 June 2023 52 Erol Ayyıldız 27 June 2023 Incumbent
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