İsmail Hakkı Karadayı

İsmail Hakkı Karadayı (25 April 1932 – 26 May 2020) 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. On 13 April 2018, a Turkish court sentenced him to life imprisonment for his role in the 1997 Turkish military memorandum. During his General Staff, the Turkish army carried out Operation Steel, Dawn and Hammer against the PKK in Northern Iraq.

Award and decorations State Medal of Distinguished Service Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Distinguished Service Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Honor Order of National Reunification (Tong Il Jang) Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Order of Excellence) Legion of Merit, United States (twice) Order of Merit, First Class 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