List of commandants of the Turkish Coast Guard

Commander of the Turkish Coast Guard
Türk Sahil Güvenlik Komutanlığı
Flag of Turkish Coast Guard Commander
Incumbent Rear admiral Ahmet Kendir since 12 August 2018
Ministry of the Interior
Member of	Turkish Coast Guard
Reports to	Minister of the Interior
Formation	24 August 1982
First holder	Mustafa Turunçoğlu

This list includes commandants of the Turkish Coast Guard (Turkish: Türk Sahil Güvenlik Komutanlığı), who were, in their time of service, nominal heads of the Turkish Coast Guard.

The current Commandant of the Turkish Coast Guard is Rear Admiral Ahmet Kendir, since 12 August 2018.^[1]

No.	Commandant	Took office	Left office
1	Rear admiral Mustafa Turunçoğlu	24 August 1982	16 August 1984
2	Rear admiral İlhan Aran	13 August 1984	13 August 1986
3	Rear admiral Çetin Ersarı	13 August 1986	12 August 1988
4	Rear admiral Aydan Erol	12 August 1988	13 August 1990
5	Rear admiral Ekmel Totrakan	13 August 1990	14 August 1992
6	Rear admiral Niyazi Ulusoy	14 August 1992	10 August 1994
7	Rear admiral Aydın Canel	10 August 1994	14 August 1996
8	Rear admiral Alper Çetin Tezeren	14 August 1996	19 August 1998
9	Rear admiral Yalçın Ertuna	14 August 1998	14 August 2002
10	Rear admiral Engin Heper	14 August 2002	12 August 2005
11	Rear admiral Can Erenoğlu	12 August 2005	12 August 2008
12	Rear admiral Atilla Kezek	12 August 2008	12 August 2009
13	Rear admiral İzzet Artunç	12 August 2009	10 August 2011
14	Rear admiral Serdar Dülger	10 August 2011	2 August 2012
15	Rear admiral Hasan Uşaklıoğlu	2 August 2012	12 August 2013
16	Rear admiral Adnan Özbal	12 August 2013	12 August 2014
17	Rear admiral Hakan Üstem	12 August 2014	16 July 2016
	Rear admiral Bülent Olcay (Acting)	16 July 2016	12 August 2018
18	Rear admiral Ahmet Kendir	12 August 2018	Incumbent