Semih Sancar (1911 – 8 December 1984[1]) was Chief of the Turkish General Staff from 1973 to 1978, a period including the 1974 Turkish defence operation of Cyprus.

Commanded 4th Division as a brigadier general, also serving as Joint Chiefs of Staff Department and General Staff Operations Department, War Academies Commander attorney; with the rank of major general, 5th Corps Commander attorney and Land Forces Operations Staff Yarbaşkanlıg As a lieutenant general, in the Army Education Corps Command and Commander 9th Corps.

On August 28, 1972 he was appointed Commander of the Turkish Land Forces.

At the request of Special Warfare Department head General Kemal Yamak, Sancar, then the Chief of General Staff, asked Bülent Ecevit for a slush fund of 1 million dollars to support the Counter-Guerrilla programme.

[2] It was at that point Ecevit learned of its existence, and demanded a briefing.