Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu
| Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu | |
|---|---|
| Chief of the General Staff of Turkey | |
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In office August 30, 1998 – August 28, 2002 |
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| President |
Suleyman Demirel Ahmet Necdet Sezer |
| Preceded by | İsmail Hakkı Karadayı |
| Succeeded by | Hilmi Özkök |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1934 (age 82–83) Bozüyük, Bilecik Province, Turkey |
| Awards | |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Turkey
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| Service/branch |
 Turkish Army
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| Years of service | 1957-2002 |
| Rank | General |
Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu (born 1934) is a retired Turkish general who was the Commander of the Turkish Armed Forces and on August 30, 1998, became Chief of the Turkish General Staff for a four-year term.
Born in Bozüyük, Bilecik Province, Turkey, in December 1934, he completed his secondary schooling at the Işıklar Military High School in Bursa. He graduated from the Army Academy in 1955 as an artillery officer.
Upon commissioning, Kıvrıkoğlu underwent his officer's basic training at the Artillery Branch School in 1957. He spent the next eight years in a variety of artillery units as platoon and battery commander positions.
Following his staff officer education at the Army War College in 1965-1967, Kıvrıkoğlu was posted to the 9th Infantry Division in Sarıkamış, Kars, as a staff officer, where he served until 1970.
After graduating from the Armed Forces College in 1970, he served as planning officer at Operations Division of the Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH) at Naples, Italy. Between 1972 and 1973, he served as instructor at the Army War College and as section chief at the Turkish General Staff and branch chief at the Turkish Land Forces Command. Kıvrıkoğlu commanded the Cadet Regiment of the Army Academy in Ankara from 1978 to 1980.
After graduating from the NATO Defence College in Rome, Italy, he was promoted to Brigadier General in 1980 and assigned to Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in Mons, Belgium, where he served as the Chief of Operations Center from 1980 to 1983. Upon returning to Turkey, he assumed the Command of the 3rd Training Infantry and 11th Infantry Brigades between 1983 and 1984 respectively.
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