{{Short description|Turkish admiral}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Kemal Kayacan | image = | image_size = 200px | caption = | birth_date = 1915 | birth_place = Sinop, Kastamonu Vilayet, Ottoman Empire | death_date = 29 July 1992 | office = Commander of the Turkish Naval Forces | term_start = 30 August 1972 | term_end = 23 August 1974 | predecessor = Celal Eyiceoğlu | successor = Hilmi Fırat | alma_mater = | party = | spouse = | children = <!--Military service--> | nickname = | allegiance = Turkey | branch = Turkish Naval Forces | service_years = 1935 - 1974 | rank = 4-Star Admiral | unit = | commands = | battles = | awards = }}
'''Kemal Kayacan''' (1915, Sinop, Kastamonu Vilayet - 29 July 1992, Kadıköy) was a Turkish admiral. He was Commander of the Turkish Naval Forces from 1972 to 1974. He was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey at the 1977 Turkish general election, serving until 1980.<ref name=kim>kimkimdir.gen.tr, [http://www.kimkimdir.gen.tr/kimkimdir.php?id=4637 Oramiral Kemal Kayacan (1915 - 1992)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203221634/http://www.kimkimdir.gen.tr/kimkimdir.php?id=4637 |date=2014-02-03 }}</ref><ref>his great-grandson</ref>
He was assassinated at his home in 1992.<ref name=kim/><ref>Faruk Mercan, ''Aksiyon'', 4 August 2003, [http://www.aksiyon.com.tr/aksiyon/haber-10491-36-mit-suikasti-biliyordu.html MİT suikasti biliyordu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728184905/http://www.aksiyon.com.tr/aksiyon/haber-10491-36-mit-suikasti-biliyordu.html |date=2013-07-28 }}</ref>
He was a graduate of the Turkish Naval High School.
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Commanders of the Turkish Naval Forces}}
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