İsmail Hakkı Akansel (1924 – 15 May 2016) was a Turkish military general and politician. In 1980, Akansel was appointed

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following the

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and the establishment of military rule in

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. He served as the mayor of Istanbul from September 1980 to August 1981. He commanded the War Academies, the Second Army and the Aegean Army. He retired from the military in 1985. İsmail Hakki Akansel died in

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, Turkey on 15 May 2016 at the age of 92. He was buried in Istanbul.

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20th-century mayors of places in Turkey 1924 births 2016 deaths Date of birth missing Mayors of Istanbul Commanders of the Second Army of Turkey Military personnel from Istanbul People from Erzincan Commanders of the Aegean Army {{Turkey-mil-bio-stub