Teoman Koman

{{Short description|Turkish general}}

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| birth_date = {{circa|1936}}

| birth_place = Istanbul

| death_date = {{death date and given age|2013|12|14|77|df=y}}

| office = General Commander of the Gendarmerie of Turkey

| term_start = 30 August 1995

| term_end = 29 August 1997

| predecessor = Aydın İlter

| successor = Fikret Boztepe

| office1 = Head of the National Intelligence Organization

| term_start1 = 29 August 1988

| term_end1 = 27 August 1992kimkimdir.gen.tr, [http://www.kimkimdir.gen.tr/kimkimdir.php?id=1334 Teoman Koman (1936 - .... )]

| predecessor1 = Hayri Ündül

| successor1 = Sönmez Köksal

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|allegiance = Turkey

|branch = Turkish Army

|serviceyears = 1956–1997

|rank = General

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Teoman Koman ({{circa|1936}} – 14 December 2013) was a Turkish general who retired in 1997.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=124954 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216210139/http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=124954 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=December 16, 2013 |title=Turkish coup general Teoman Koman dies |publisher=World Bulletin |date= |accessdate=2013-12-16}} He was General Commander of the Gendarmerie of Turkey (1995 – 1997) and previously head of the National Intelligence Organization (1988 – 1992) and Deputy Secretary-General of the National Security Council (1986 – 1988).

Koman was charged with being involved with the 1997 "post-modern coup".Today's Zaman, 22 October 2012, [http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?newsId=296056 Retired Gen. Koman says he banned JİTEM activities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216201050/http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?newsId=296056 |date=2013-12-16 }} Koman told the Ergenekon trials that he was aware of the existence of the JITEM Gendarmerie unit during his tenure, and that it was an unofficial association of Gendarmerie members, which he had banned.

As a young officer he was rumored to have slapped Former Prime Minister Adnan Menderes in his cell during Yassıada trials

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