Image: Wikimedia Commons

İlker Başbuğ

Turkish general and statesperson (born 1943)

PersonAge 83humanQ338148

Born: April 29, 1943
Birthplace: Afyonkarahisar
Citizenship: Turkey
Occupation: military personnel
Positions held: Chief of the Turkish General Staff(2008–2010)
, Commander of the Turkish Land Forces(2006–2008)
Education: Kuleli Military High School
, Turkish Military Academy
, Infantry School Command
+3 more
Languages spoken, written or signed: Turkish
, English

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Mehmet İlker Başbuğ is a Turkish former general who served as the 26th Chief of the General Staff of Turkey. He was charged with contravention of Articles 309, 310, and 311 of the Turkish Penal Code. In August 2013, he was convicted on charges of "establishing and leading a terrorist organization" and "attempting to destroy the Turkish government or attempting to partially or completely prevent its functioning" and sentenced to life imprisonment as part of the Ergenekon trials. However, the Constitutional Court of Turkey determined that Başbuğ's legal rights were violated and overturned his conviction; he was released on 7 March 2014.

Overview

Life at a glance

Positions, education, employers and awards over time

Spans and dates from Wikidata qualifiers (start/end/point in time). Hover for details; click to open.

All data

48 statements · 17% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Sex or gender: male
Given name: Mehmet
İlker
Number of children: 2
Military, police or special rank: four-star rank(2002–2010)
soldier
general
1
Sources
1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
View statement on Wikidata ↗
Website: ilkerbasbug.com.tr
Military branch: Turkish Land Forces
Start of work period: 1962
Social media followers: 5,000(May 14, 2025) youtube channel id: UCIRM6QWmB5XnmvXvcr0USBA
1
Sources
1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2025-05-14
View statement on Wikidata ↗
1,184,386(February 4, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 502756526
1,135,820(January 27, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 502756526
1,097,736(January 2, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 502756526
Family name: Başbuğ
End of work period: 2010
Name in native language: İlker Başbuğ
Native language: Turkish

On other databases

15 identifiers linking İlker Başbuğ across the web's reference databases

Data quality

statements

17%

externally sourced

Source last edited June 19, 2026. AIDB refreshes this page daily.

Suggest a fact or correction

Links

Use this data

curl https://aidb.si/api/v1/entities/Q338148

API docs, limits & keys

Cite this page

AIDB. (2026). İlker Başbuğ (Q338148). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/ilker-basbug-Q338148