The Commander of Security Forces Command (Turkish: Güvenlik Kuvvetleri komutanları) is the highest-ranking military officer of the Security Forces Command of the Turkish Republic of Cyprus. The current commander is Major General İlker Görgülü.[1]

List of commanders

No. Name Beginning Finish
1 Brigadier General Hayri Ündül[2] September 10, 1976 August 29, 1978
2 Major General Atilla Erdogan[3] August 26, 1978 August 21, 1980
3 Brigadier General Kemal Yavuz August 21, 1980 August 24, 1982
4 Brigadier General Hikmet Köksal August 24, 1982 August 22, 1984
5 Brigadier General Yusuf Selçuk Saka August 22, 1984 August 14, 1986
6 Brigadier General Bilgi Büyükünal August 14, 1986 August 20, 1988
7 Brigadier General Ali Yalçın August 20, 1988 August 17, 1990
8 Brigadier General Erdoğan Dirik August 17, 1990 August 17, 1992
9 Brigadier General Yaşar Spor August 17, 1992 August 19, 1994
10 Brigadier General Ismail Koçman[4][5][6] August 19, 1994 August 25, 1996
11 Brigadier General Hasan Peker Günal August 25, 1996 August 21, 1998
12 Brigadier General Ali Nihat Özeyranlı August 21, 1998 August 17, 2000
13 Brigadier General Galip Mendi August 17, 2000 August 16, 2002
14 Brigadier General Necmettin Baykul August 17, 2002 August 18, 2004
15 Major General Tevfik Özkılıç August 18, 2004 August 9, 2006
16 Major General Mehmet Eröz August 9, 2006 August 19, 2008
17 Major General Abdullah Recep August 19, 2008 August 17, 2010
18 Major General Mehmet Daysal August 17, 2010 August 10, 2012
19 Major General Baki Kavun August 10, 2012 August 10, 2014
20 Major General Ilyas Bozkurt August 10, 2014 August 10, 2015
21 Major General Erhan Uzun August 10, 2015 August 10, 2016
22 Major General Yılmaz Yıldırım August 10, 2016 August 10, 2017
23 Brigadier General Tevfik Algan August 19, 2017 August 22, 2019
24 Brigadier General Altan Er[7] August 22, 2019 August 4, 2020
25 Major General Zorlu Topaloğlu[8] August 4, 2020 August 10, 2023
26 Major General Osman Aytac[9] August 10, 2023 August 9, 2024
27 Major General İlker Görgülü[10] August 9, 2024 Present

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List of deputy commanders

No. Name Beginning Finish
1 Brigadier General Salih Cengaver Cem August 30, 2005 August 30, 2008
2 Brigadier General Mehmet Soganci August 30, 2010 August 23, 2013
3 Brigadier General Erdinç Korkuter August 30, 2013 August 10, 2016
4 Brigadier General Cemal Volkan August 30, 2016 August 30, 2019
5 Brigadier General Ibrahim Dagman August 30, 2019 August 30, 2021
5 Brigadier General Kadir Bayraklı August 30, 2021 August 30, 2024
6 Brigadier General Mehmet Ali Akbaş August 30, 2024 On duty

References

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  2. ^ "HAYRİ ÜNDÜL - Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı". mit (in Turkish). Retrieved 2026-07-22.
  3. ^ ANKA (2011-04-11). "Çukurca davasında tanıklar dinlendi". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2026-07-22.
  4. ^ "Orgeneral İsmail KOÇMAN'ın biyografisi". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). 2007-08-04. Retrieved 2026-07-22.
  5. ^ "Emekli orgeneral Koçman toprağa verildi". Anadolu Ajansı (in Turkish). Retrieved 2026-07-22.
  6. ^ https://eksisozluk.com/ismail-kocman--1260953. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ Merkezi, Haber (2025-08-16). "Malatya'nın Yeni 2'nci Ordu Komutanı Zorlu Topaloğlu Kimdir ve Nerelidir?". Günışığı Gazetesi (in Turkish). Retrieved 2026-07-22.
  8. ^ "Zorlu Topaloğlu kimdir?". www.biyografiler.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2026-07-22.
  9. ^ "New commanders appointed for KTBK and GKK". CYPRUS MIRROR (in Turkish). Retrieved 2026-07-22.
  10. ^ "Yeni Güvenlik Kuvvetli Komutanı İlker Görgülü oldu". KIBRIS POSTASI (in Turkish). Retrieved 2026-07-22.
  11. ^ "Komutanlarımız - Güvenlik Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı". www.mucahit.gov.ct.tr. Retrieved 2026-07-22.