Background
Basbug, Ílker was born on April 29, 1943 in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
Basbug, Ílker was born on April 29, 1943 in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
Graduate, Turkish Military Academy, 1961. Graduate, Army Staff College, 1973. Graduate, Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst.
Advanced through grades to general Turkish Armed Forces, 2002. Platoon leader and company Commander Turkish Army, deputy chief General Staff Operations Planning Command, 1973, chief of staff defense intelligence Army Plans and Principles Command, Commander 247th Infantry Regiment, 51st Infantry Brigade. Intelligence division intelligence plans chief Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe), Mons, Belgium, chief logistics and intelligence departments Belgium.
Deputy Commander Turkish Gendarmerie Public Order Command. Chief National Military Representation (Nuclear magnetic resonance), Mons, Belgium, 1993—1995. Secretariat National Security Council, Republic of Turkey.
2nd Army corps Commander Turkish Army, deputy Commander, 2002—2003, Commander First Army, 2005—2006, Commander, 2006—2008. Deputy chief of general staff Turkish Armed Forces, 2003—2005, Commander, 2008—2010, retired, 2010. Instructor Army Staff College.
Married Sevil Basbug. 2 children.