List of commanders of the First Army of Turkey

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This list includes commanders of the First Army of Turkey, who were, in their time of service, nominal heads of the First Army (Turkish : Birinci Ordu), one of the four field armies of the Turkish Land Forces.

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The current Commander of the First Army is General Ali Sivri, since 18 August 2022.

No.CommanderPictureTook officeLeft office
1Major general Ali İhsan Sâbis AISabis.jpg 9 October 192119 June 1922
2Lieutenant general Nureddin İbrahim Konyar Sakalli Nureddin - Ferik.jpg 29 June 192215 August 1923
3Lieutenant general Kâzım Karabekir Kiazim Karabekir Pasha with Djemaliye.jpg 21 October 192326 October 1924
4General Ali Sait Akbaytogan Ali Said Pasha.jpg 26 October 192421 November 1933
5General Fahrettin Altay Fahrettin Pasha.jpg 22 November 193319 December 1943
6General Cemil Cahit Toydemir Cemil Cahit Toydemir.jpg 17 December 194315 June 1946
7General Salih Omurtak Salih Omurtak1.jpg 17 June 194629 July 1946
8General Nuri Yamut Mehmet Nuri Yamut 1954.png 9 August 19461 July 1949
9General Asım Tınaztepe 8 July 194923 June 1950
10General Şükrü Kanatlı Korgeneral Sukru Kanatli.jpg 24 June 195027 December 1951
11General Zekâi Okan 27 December 195111 August 1952
12General Nurettin Baransel 4 November 19526 April 1954
13General Hakkı Tunaboylu Ismail Hakki Tunaboylu.png 6 April 195413 July 1955
14General Ahmet Nurettin Aknoz 9 September 195516 June 1956
15Lieutenant general Vedat Garan 16 June 195622 June 1956
16General Nazmi Ataç 16 June 195619 September 1957
17General Fazıl Bilge 13 December 19571 September 1958
18General Fahrettin Özdilek 30 August 195810 June 1960
19General Mehmet Muzaffer Alankuş 6 June 19604 August 1960
20General Cemal Tural 1 August 196025 September 1962
21General Ahmet Refik Yılmaz 25 September 196219 March 1966
22General Memduh Tağmaç 16 July 196622 August 1968
23General Haydar Sükan 22 August 196829 August 1969
24General Kemal Atalay Kemal Atalay.jpg 29 August 196929 September 1970
25General Faik Türün 29 September 197014 August 1973
26General Hüseyin Doğan Özgöçmen 14 August 197325 August 1975
27General Adnan Ersöz 25 August 197530 August 1977
28General Nurettin Ersin 30 August 19778 March 1978
29General Necdet Üruğ 15 March 197825 August 1981
30General Ali Haydar Saltık 25 August 198122 August 1983
31General Necdet Öztorun 22 August 198323 August 1984
32General Necip Torumtay 24 August 198411 August 1985
33General Recep Orhan Ergun 11 August 198524 July 1987
34General Doğan Güreş 3 August 198723 August 1989
35General Muhittin Fisunoğlu 23 August 198931 December 1990
36General İsmail Hakkı Karadayı 1 January 199117 August 1993
37General Mehmet Hikmet Bayar 17 August 199322 August 1994
38General Hikmet Köksal 22 August 199426 August 1996
39General Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu 26 August 199626 August 1997
40General Atilla Ateş 26 August 199718 August 1998
41General Çevik Bir Cevik Bir DD-SD-00-01007.jpg 18 August 199820 August 1999
42General Hilmi Özkök Hilmi Ozkok (kesilmis) 2.jpg 20 August 199921 August 2000
43General Necdet Yılmaz Timur 21 August 200017 August 2001
44General Çetin Doğan 17 August 200120 August 2003
45General Yaşar Büyükanıt Yasar Buyukanit cropped.jpg 20 August 200320 August 2004
46General Hurşit Tolon 20 August 200419 August 2005
47General İlker Başbuğ Ilker Basbug.jpg 19 August 200517 August 2006
48General Fethi Remzi Tuncel 17 August 200617 August 2007
49General İsmail Koçman 17 August 200722 August 2008
50General Ergin Saygun Ergin Saygun.png 22 August 200830 August 2009
51General Hasan Iğsız 30 August 20095 August 2010
52General Erdal Ceylanoğlu 5 August 20108 August 2010
53General Hayri Kıvrıkoğlu 8 August 20104 August 2011
54General Yalçın Ataman 4 August 201123 August 2013
55General Ahmet Turmuş 23 August 201325 August 2014
56General Salih Zeki Çolak Salih Zeki Colak.jpg 25 August 201410 August 2015
57General Ümit Dündar Umit Dundar.png 10 August 201528 July 2016
58General Musa Avsever Musa Avsever 8 November 2021.jpg 28 July 201613 August 2021
59Lieutenant General Kemal Yeni Kemal Yeni.jpg 24 August 202118 August 2022
60General Ali Sivri 18 August 2022Incumbent

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