İsmail Hakkı Karadayı

22nd Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces from 1994 to 1998 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

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İsmail Hakkı Karadayı
Chief of the General Staff of Turkey
In office
30 August 1994  30 August 1998
PresidentSuleyman Demirel
Preceded byDoğan Güreş
Succeeded byHüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu
Personal details
Born(1932-04-25)25 April 1932
Çankırı, Turkey
Died26 May 2020(2020-05-26) (aged 88)
Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey
Military service
Allegiance Turkey
Branch/service Turkish Land Forces
Rank General
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