Upon commissioning, Kıvrıkoğlu underwent his officer's basic training at the Artillery Branch School in 1957.
He graduated from the Army Academy in 1955 as an artillery officer.
Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu (born Hüseyin Kıvrık, 1934) is a retired Turkish general who was the 23rd commander of the Turkish Armed Forces and on August 30, 1998, became Chief of the Turkish General Staff for a four-year term.īorn in Bozüyük, Bilecik Province, Turkey, in December 1934, he completed his secondary schooling at the Işıklar Military High School in Bursa.
