List of commanders of the Turkish Air Force
A commander of the Turkish Air Force has the Turkish title Hava Kuvetleri Kurmay Başkanı (roughly: Chief of Staff of the Air Force) and is the Commander of the Turkish Air Force . The list corresponds to the list on the Air Force website.
list
# | Surname | Beginning of the appointment | End of appointment |
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1 | Zeki Dogan | February 5, 1944 | June 7, 1950 |
2 | Muzaffer Göksenin | June 12, 1950 | April 20, 1953 |
3 | Fevzi Uçaner | April 21, 1953 | September 23, 1957 |
4th | Hamdullah Suphi Göker | 17th October 1957 | May 8, 1959 |
5 | Tekin Ariburun | May 1, 1959 | May 27, 1960 |
6th | İhsan Orgun | May 27, 1960 | 4th August 1960 |
7th | İrfan Tansel | 5th August 1960 | June 1, 1961 |
8th | Suleyman Tulgan | June 1, 1961 | June 19, 1961 |
9 | İrfan Tansel | June 19, 1961 | 16th August 1968 |
10 | Reşat Mater | 16th August 1968 | August 30, 1969 |
11 | Muhsin Batur | August 30, 1969 | August 25, 1973 |
12 | Emin Alpkaya | August 25, 1973 | March 5th 1976 |
13 | Cemil Engin | April 24, 1976 | July 23, 1976 |
14th | Ethem Ayan | July 23, 1976 | August 21, 1978 |
15th | Tahsin Şahinkaya | August 21, 1978 | December 6, 1983 |
16 | Halil Sözer | December 6, 1983 | August 22, 1986 |
17th | Cemil Çuha | August 22, 1986 | August 22, 1988 |
18th | Juicer Necioğlu | August 22, 1988 | 20th August 1990 |
19th | Siyami Taştan | 20th August 1990 | 20th August 1992 |
20th | Halis Burhan | 20th August 1992 | August 18, 1995 |
21st | Ahmet Çörekçi | August 18, 1995 | August 28, 1997 |
22nd | İlhan Kılıç | August 28, 1997 | August 25, 1999 |
23 | Ergin Celasin | August 25, 1999 | August 23, 2001 |
24 | Cumhur Asparuk | August 23, 2001 | August 27, 2003 |
25th | İbrahim Fırtına | August 27, 2003 | August 25, 2005 |
26th | Faruk Comert | August 25, 2005 | August 23, 2007 |
27 | Aydoğan Babaoğlu | August 23, 2007 | August 25, 2009 |
28 | Hasan Aksay | August 25, 2009 | July 30, 2011 |
29 | Mehmet Erten | August 1, 2011 | 22nd August 2013 |
30th | Akın Öztürk | 22nd August 2013 | August 14, 2015 |
31 | Abidin Unal | August 14, 2015 |