Hasan Iğsız

Hasan Iğsız (* 1946 in Istanbul ) is a former Turkish General of the Army (Türk Kara Kuvetleri) , who was commander of the 2nd Army (İkinci Ordu) between 2006 and 2008, and Vice- Chief of the General Staff (Türk Silahlı Kuvetleri Genelkurmay ) from 2008 to 2009 II. Başkanı) and was commander of the 1st Army (Birinci Ordu) between 2009 and 2010 .

Life

Training to become an officer

After attending school, Iğsız began training as an officer at the Army School ( Kara Harp Okulu ) , which he completed in 1966. After attending the engineering school (İstihkam Okulu) he found employment as an officer such as a platoon leader in various army units. In 1974 he began his staff training at the Army Academy ( Kara Harp Akademisi ) , which he finished in 1976. He then served as a staff officer and a lecturer at the Army Academy before it as a planning officer in the Department policy planning in the headquarters of NATO to Brussels was transferred. After his return he was a project officer in the personnel department for generals and admirals in the General Staff of Turkey and most recently commander of the presidential guard regiment.

After his promotion to Brigadier General (Tuğgeneral) in 1993 Iğsız was head of the subdivision for promotions in the Army Headquarters and then in 1995 commander of the 16th Tank Brigade (16. Zırhlı Tugay) . In 1997 he was promoted to major general (Tümgeneral) and appointed deputy commanding general of the Gendarmerie Corps for Public Order ( Jandarma Asayiş Kolordu Komutanlığı) . He was then head of the personnel department at the Army Headquarters and, most recently, Deputy Military Representative on the NATO Military Committee .

2001 Iğsız became a lieutenant general (Korgeneral) promoted and took over the post as head of the personnel department in the General Staff and then as Commanding General of the 1st Army belonging to V Corps (v kolordu) in Çorlu before he then commander of the Logistics Command of the Army ( Kara Kuvetleri Lojistik Komutanlığı) was.

Advance to General and Ergenekon Trial

After his promotion to general (Orgeneral) Iğsız was on August 30, 2006 successor to General Şükrü Sarıışık as commander of the IV. Corps in Ankara , the VI. Corps in Adana and the VII Corps in Diyarbakır , the 2nd Army (İkinci Ordu) in Malatya , which is responsible for the protection of Southeast Anatolia and East Anatolia as well as the borders with Syria , Iran and Iraq . He held this post until August 30, 2008 and was then replaced by General Necdet Özel . He himself became Vice- Chief of the General Staff (Türk Silahlı Kuvetleri Genelkurmay II. Başkanı) as the successor to General Ergin Saygun on August 30, 2008 and remained in this position until he was replaced by General Aslan Güner on August 30, 2009.

Most recently General Iğsız succeeded General Ergin Saygun on August 30, 2009, this time as commander of the 1st Army (Birinci Ordu) . This consists of the II. Corps in Gelibolu , the III. Corps in Şişli and the V Corps in Çorlu and is responsible for securing the borders with Greece and Bulgaria and the strategically important straits of the Bosporus and Dardanelles . After his appointment as commander-in-chief of the army was rejected by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan , General Erdal Ceylanoğlu instead succeeded General Işık Koşaner as the army’s chief. Iğsız then asked the Supreme Military Council YAŞ (Yüksek Askerî Şûra) to retire on August 30, 2010. On August 23, 2010 he was replaced by General Hayri Kıvrıkoğlu as commander of the 1st Army.

In the course of the Ergenekon trial , Iğsız was arrested on August 8, 2011 and taken to Metris Prison on August 10, 2011. On August 5, 2013, he was sentenced to life imprisonment by a jury together with former generals İlker Başbuğ , Nusret Taşdeler and Hurşit Tolon . After the convictions of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Turkey were overturned on March 10, 2014, he was released from custody.

Iğsız, who is married to Ayşe Iğsız and has two children, speaks English as well as Turkish .

Web link

• Entry in Kim Kimdir? (Page access on June 24, 2016)