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 (Turkish: Seferberlik Tetkik Kurulu), 1952–65; the Special Warfare Department (Turkish: Özel Harp Dairesi), 1965–1994; and the Special Forces Command (Turkish: Özel Kuvvetler Komutanlığı

No. Commander Took office Left office
1 Daniş Karabelen 1952 1960[1]
2 Faruk Ateşdağlı 1960 1961[1]
3 Şaban Başsoy 1961 1963
4 Sezai Okan 1963 1965[1]
5 Recai Engin 1965 1966[1]
6 Cihat Akyol 1966 1971[2][1]
7 Kemal Yamak 1971 1974[1]
8 Sabri Yirmibeşoğlu 1974 1976[1]
9 Atilla Erdoğan 1976 1980[1]
10 Aydın İlter 1980 1983[1]
11 Cumhur Evcil 1983 1986[1]
12 Hasan Kundakçı 1986 1988[1]
13 Fevzi Türkeri 1988 1989[1]
14 Atilla Kurtaran 1989 1990[1]
15 Kemal Yılmaz 1990 1994[1]
16 Fevzi Türkeri 1994 1996[1]
17 Engin Alan 1996 2000[1]
18 Nevzat Bekaroğlu 2000 2002[1]
19 Sadık Ercan 2002 2003[1]
20 Servet Yörük 2003[1] 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

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