List of chiefs of the General Directorate of Security (Turkey)

This list covers the chiefs of the General Directorate of Security (Turkish National Police) since 1923.[1]

# 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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