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

See also

• Chief of the Turkish General Staff
• List of commanders of the Turkish Land Forces