Hikmet Köksal

{{Short description|Turkish general (1932–2020)}}

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| name =Hikmet Köksal

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| birth_date = 1932

| birth_place = Yusufeli, Turkey

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|2|25|1932}}

| death_place = Istanbul, Turkey

| office2 = Commander of the Turkish Army

| term_start2= 27 August 1996

| term_end2= 28 August 1997

| predecessor2= Mehmet Hikmet Bayer

| successor2= Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu

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|allegiance = Turkey

|branch = Turkish Army

|serviceyears = 1953 – 1997

|rank = General

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Hikmet Köksal (1932 – February 25, 2020{{cite web|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/amp/gundem/28-subatta-tanklari-yuruten-koksal-oldu-41455389|title= Hikmet Köksal, who runs the tanks, dies on February 28|date=26 February 2020|publisher=Hurriyet}}) was a Turkish general, born in Yusufeli. He was the Commander of the Turkish Army during the 1997 "post-modern coup", and previously Commander of the First Army of Turkey (1994–1996).kimkimdir.gen.tr, [http://www.kimkimdir.gen.tr/kimkimdir.php?id=2803 Orgeneral Hikmet Köksal (1932 - .... )] He was one of those arrested in 2012 as part of the investigation of the coup and of the associated West Study Group.Today's Zaman, 29 May 2012, [http://todayszaman.com/news-281798-upper-echelon-of-clandestine-bcg-jailed-in-latest-feb-28-wave-of-arrests.html Upper echelon of clandestine BÇG jailed in latest Feb. 28 wave of arrests] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605013411/http://www.todayszaman.com/news-281798-upper-echelon-of-clandestine-bcg-jailed-in-latest-feb-28-wave-of-arrests.html |date=2012-06-05 }}