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Zekai Aksakallı

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Allegiance
  
Turkey

Rank
  
Lieutenant general

Service/branch
  
Special Forces Command

Years of service
  
1984–present

Nationality
  
Turkish

Commands held
  
Special Forces Command

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Battles/wars
  
Operation Euphrates Shield

Battles and wars
  
Turkish military intervention in Syria

Similar
  
Semih Terzi, Ömer Halisdemir, Hulusi Akar, Mete Yarar, Ümit Dündar

Lieutenant-General Zekai Aksakallı (1962, Erzurum) is a Turkish Special Forces Command commander. He graduated from the Turkish Military Academy.

Biography

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Born in Erzurum, Zekai Aksakallı is the father of two children. At the age of 17 he attended Erzurum High School and he represented Turkey in the high school cross-country championship organized in Austria for a number of years and became 27th among 397 athletes. Zekai Aksakallı has been serving as Special Forces Commander since 2013. Zekai Aksakallı, who played a major role in the prevention of the darben with Ömer Halisdemir in the 15 July coup attempt, was promoted to lieutenant general at the YAŞ meeting on 28 July 2016. The General Staff Special Forces Commander, Major General Zekai Aksakalli, who reacted against the coup attempt of Fetullahçı Terrorist Organization (FETO) by saying "Terrorists will not be successful", caught attention in Turkish public opinion. Zekai Aksakallı speaks English. Since 1984, military service has been active.



Zekai Aksakallı Turkish Special Forces commander Zekai Aksakall in Syria39s Jarablus

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References

Zekai Aksakallı Wikipedia