Hikmet Köksal

Hikmet Köksal
Commander of the Turkish Army
In office
27 August 1996 – 28 August 1997
Preceded by Mehmet Hikmet Bayer
Succeeded by Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu
Personal details
Born 1932
Yusufeli, Turkey
Military service
Allegiance Turkey
Service/branch Turkish Army
Years of service 1953 - 1997
Rank General

Hikmet Köksal (born 1932, Yusufeli) is a retired Turkish general. He was the Commander of the Turkish Army during the 1997 "post-modern coup", and previously Commander of the First Army of Turkey (1994 - 1996).[1] He was one of those arrested in 2012 as part of the investigation of the coup and of the associated West Study Group.[2]

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