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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%; background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div style="display:inline-block" class="fn">Işık Koşaner</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1945-12-05</span>) </span>5 December 1945<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 78)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmir,_Turkey" class="mw-redirect" title="İzmir, Turkey">İzmir, Turkey</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Service <wbr />/ branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Turkish Land Forces</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1965–2011</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Turkey-army-OF-9.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Turkey-army-OF-9.svg/22px-Turkey-army-OF-9.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="56" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Turkey-army-OF-9.svg/33px-Turkey-army-OF-9.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Turkey-army-OF-9.svg/44px-Turkey-army-OF-9.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="75" data-file-height="191" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Commands</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chiefs_of_the_Turkish_General_Staff" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Chiefs of the Turkish General Staff">Chief of the Turkish General Staff</a><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_the_Chiefs_of_the_Turkish_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="List of the Chiefs of the Turkish Army">Commander of the Turkish Army</a><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_the_Chiefs_of_the_Turkish_Gendarmerie" class="mw-redirect" title="List of the Chiefs of the Turkish Gendarmerie">Commander of the Turkish Gendarmerie</a><br />Deputy Chief of the Turkish General Staff<br /><a href="/wiki/Aegean_Army" title="Aegean Army">Commander of the Turkish Aegean Army</a><br />Undersecretary of the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_National_Defence_(Turkey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of National Defence (Turkey)">Turkish Ministry of Defense</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kara_Harp_Okulu" class="mw-redirect" title="Kara Harp Okulu">Commander of the Turkish Military Academy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Turkey_Republic_State_Medal_of_Honor" title="Turkey Republic State Medal of Honor"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Turkey_Republic_State_Medal_of_Golden_Honor.png/25px-Turkey_Republic_State_Medal_of_Golden_Honor.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Turkey_Republic_State_Medal_of_Golden_Honor.png/38px-Turkey_Republic_State_Medal_of_Golden_Honor.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Turkey_Republic_State_Medal_of_Golden_Honor.png/50px-Turkey_Republic_State_Medal_of_Golden_Honor.png 2x" data-file-width="681" data-file-height="187" /></a></span> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Armed_Forces_Medal_of_Honor" title="Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Honor"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/TSK_%C5%9Eeref_Madalyas%C4%B1.png/25px-TSK_%C5%9Eeref_Madalyas%C4%B1.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/TSK_%C5%9Eeref_Madalyas%C4%B1.png/38px-TSK_%C5%9Eeref_Madalyas%C4%B1.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/TSK_%C5%9Eeref_Madalyas%C4%B1.png/50px-TSK_%C5%9Eeref_Madalyas%C4%B1.png 2x" data-file-width="681" data-file-height="187" /></a></span> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Armed_Forces_Medal_of_Distinguished_Courage_and_Self-Sacrifice" title="Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Distinguished Courage and Self-Sacrifice"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Ribbon_of_Turkish_Armed_Forces_Medal_of_Distinguished_Courage_and_Self-Sacrifice.jpg/25px-Ribbon_of_Turkish_Armed_Forces_Medal_of_Distinguished_Courage_and_Self-Sacrifice.jpg" decoding="async" width="25" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Ribbon_of_Turkish_Armed_Forces_Medal_of_Distinguished_Courage_and_Self-Sacrifice.jpg/38px-Ribbon_of_Turkish_Armed_Forces_Medal_of_Distinguished_Courage_and_Self-Sacrifice.jpg 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Pakistan_Medal_of_Honor_Concession" title="Pakistan Medal of Honor Concession"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Ord.Nishan-i-Pakistan.ribbon.gif/25px-Ord.Nishan-i-Pakistan.ribbon.gif" decoding="async" width="25" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Ord.Nishan-i-Pakistan.ribbon.gif/38px-Ord.Nishan-i-Pakistan.ribbon.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Ord.Nishan-i-Pakistan.ribbon.gif/50px-Ord.Nishan-i-Pakistan.ribbon.gif 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Nurdan Koşaner</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sebahattin Işık Koşaner</b> (born 5 December 1945) is a Turkish former army general who served as the 27th <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Turkey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of the General Staff (Turkey)">Chief of the General Staff</a> from 2010 to 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=I%C5%9F%C4%B1k_Ko%C5%9Faner&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Koşaner was born in İzmir, Turkey, in 1945. He graduated from the <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Military_Academy" title="Turkish Military Academy">Turkish Military Academy</a> in 1965 and the Infantry School in 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Until 1976 he served in several contingents of the <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkish Army">Turkish Army</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Platoon" title="Platoon">platoon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Company_(military_unit)" title="Company (military unit)">company</a> commander, as an instructor at the Mountain Commando School & Training Center Command in <a href="/wiki/E%C4%9Firdir" title="Eğirdir">Eğirdir</a>, and as a platoon commander within the Turkish Commando Brigade during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Atilla" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Atilla">Operation Atilla</a> in 1974 . He was later appointed as the commander of the Special Operations Forces at the Turkish General Staff Headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Ankara" title="Ankara">Ankara</a>. Koşaner graduated from the Turkish Army Staff College in 1978 and served as a command officer at the Special Warfare Department Command of the Turkish General Staff Headquarters in Ankara. After graduating from the <a href="/wiki/NATO_Defence_College" class="mw-redirect" title="NATO Defence College">NATO Defence College</a>, he served as a command officer at <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>'s Headquarters <a href="/wiki/Allied_Forces_Southern_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Allied Forces Southern Europe">Allied Forces Southern Europe</a> in <a href="/wiki/Naples" title="Naples">Naples</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>. Koşaner later served at the Planning and Coordination Department of the Logistics Command within the Turkish 3rd Army. After graduating from the <a href="/wiki/Royal_College_of_Defence_Studies" title="Royal College of Defence Studies">Royal College of Defence Studies</a> (RCDS) in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, Koşaner was appointed as the head of the Strategy Division within the Strategy and Forces Planning Department of the Turkish General Staff Headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Ankara" title="Ankara">Ankara</a>. </p><p>As a <a href="/wiki/Colonel" title="Colonel">colonel</a> he commanded the 131st Infantry Regiment at the 8th Infantry Division of the Turkish Army before being appointed as the commander of the Special Operations Command at the Turkish General Staff Headquarters in Ankara. In 1992 Koşaner was promoted to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general" title="Brigadier general">brigadier general</a> and was appointed with the command of the Logistic Planning Department and later the 1st Commando Brigade of the Turkish Army. Koşaner was promoted to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">major general</a> in 1996 and was appointed with the command of the Turkish Army Academy. In 2000 Koşaner was promoted to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general" title="Lieutenant general">lieutenant general</a> and served as the undersecretary of the Turkish Ministry of Defense and later as the commander of the <a href="/wiki/Cyprus_Turkish_Peace_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyprus Turkish Peace Force">Cyprus Turkish Peace Force</a> in <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus">Northern Cyprus</a>. Koşaner was promoted to the rank of <a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">general</a> in 2004 and served as the commander of the Turkish Aegean Army and later as the deputy chief of the Turkish General Staff. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="High_command">High command</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=I%C5%9F%C4%B1k_Ko%C5%9Faner&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: High command"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 4 August 2006, General Koşaner was appointed as the commander of the <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Gendarmerie" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkish Gendarmerie">Turkish Gendarmerie</a>. He was followed by General <a href="/w/index.php?title=Avni_Atila_I%C5%9F%C4%B1k&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Avni Atila Işık (page does not exist)">Avni Atila Işık</a> as the Gendarmerie commander, when he took over the command of Turkish Army on 30 August 2008. On 8 August 2010, General Koşaner was appointed as the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Turkey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of the General Staff (Turkey)">chief of the General Staff</a> and took up the position on 30 August 2010. </p><p>Koşaner, along with the leaders of army, navy and air force simultaneously requested to relinquish their duties and asked for their "retirement" on 29 July 2011, just few days before the important meeting scheduled for 1 August 2011 to discuss appointments of senior military officers.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Retirement and Resignation are different terms in Turkish Civil Administrative System. The New York Times stated that their action was to protest the "sweeping arrests of dozens of generals" as a part of a conspiracy investigation. During the investigation that lasted more than a year, more than 40 generals (one tenth of top military commanders) were taken into custody. There were some disagreements between the military and the government as the military wanted to promote some officers but could not since they were suspects of the conspiracy investigation.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>General Işık Koşaner is married to Nurdan Koşaner and has two children. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=I%C5%9F%C4%B1k_Ko%C5%9Faner&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Gendarmerie" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkish Gendarmerie">Turkish Gendarmerie</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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