İsmail Hakkı Karadayı (25 April 1932 – 26 May 2020)^[1] 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.^[2] On 13 April 2018, a Turkish court sentenced him to life imprisonment for his role in the 1997 Turkish military memorandum.^[3] During his General Staff, the Turkish army carried out Operation Steel, Dawn and Hammer against the PKK in Northern Iraq.

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İsmail Hakkı Karadayı
Chief of the General Staff of Turkey
In office 30 August 1994 – 30 August 1998
President	Suleyman Demirel
Preceded by	Doğan Güreş
Succeeded by	Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu
Personal details
Born	(1932-04-25)25 April 1932 Çankırı, Turkey
Died	26 May 2020(2020-05-26) (aged 88) Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey
Military service
Allegiance	Turkey
Branch/service	Turkish Land Forces
Rank	General

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