İsmail Hakkı Karadayı
İsmail Hakkı Karadayı | |
|---|---|
| 22nd Chief of the General Staff of Turkey | |
| In office 30 August 1994 – 30 August 1998 | |
| President | Suleyman Demirel |
| Preceded by | Doğan Güreş |
| Succeeded by | Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 April 1932 |
| Died | 26 May 2020 (aged 88) |
| Alma mater | Turkish Military Academy |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Turkey |
| Branch/service | Turkish Land Forces |
| Rank | General |
İsmail Hakkı Karadayı (25 April 1932 – 26 May 2020)[1] was a Turkish general, who became the 35th Commander of the Turkish Land Forces on 30 August 1993. He served between 1994 and 1998 as the 22nd Chief of the Turkish General Staff for a four-year term and was succeeded by General Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu.[2] On 13 April 2018, a Turkish court sentenced him to life imprisonment for his role in the 1997 Turkish military memorandum.[3] During his General Staff, the Turkish army carried out Operation Steel, Dawn and Hammer against the PKK in Northern Iraq.
Award and decorations
- Turkey: State Medal of Distinguished Service
- Turkey: Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Distinguished Service
- Turkey: Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Honor
- South Korea: Order of National Reunification (Tong Il Jang)
- Pakistan: Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Order of Excellence)
- United States: Legion of Merit, United States (twice)
- Jordan: Order of Merit, First Class
- France: Commander, National Order of the Legion of Honour
- International Melvin Jones Fellowship Award (Lions Clubs International)
- Paul Harris Fellow Award (Rotary International)
- İlter Erkan Friendship and Peace Award
- Honorary Doctorate in Public Administration, Trakya University[4]
References
- ^ "Son dakika... Eski Genelkurmay Başkanı İsmail Hakkı Karadayı hayatını kaybetti". CNN Türk (in Turkish). Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ Ismail Hakkı Karadayi biography Turkish Armed Forces official website
- ^ "Turkey sentences 21 to life in jail over 1997 'post-modern coup' - NTV". Reuters. 13 April 2018. Archived from the original on April 14, 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "İsmail Hakkı Karadayı kimdir?: 28 Şubat sürecinin genelkurmay başkanı". BBC News Türkçe (in Turkish). Retrieved 2025-12-08.