İsmail Hakkı Karadayı
İsmail Hakkı Karadayı 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 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
- : Nishan-e-Imtiaz
- : Legion of Merit, United States
- : Order of Merit, First Class
- : Commander, National Order of the Legion of Honour
- International Melvin Jones Fellowship Award
- Paul Harris Fellow Award
- İlter Erkan Friendship and Peace AwardHonorary Doctorate in Public Administration, Trakya University