Inspectorates-General or General Inspectorates () was a regional governorship whose authorities prevailed over civilian, military and judicial institutions under their domain but had to comply with the orders of Turkish president Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Their aim was to establish an authoritarian rule and to consolidate the authority in the process of Turkification of religious and ethnic minorities.
The Turkish Grand National Assembly got the law numbered 1164 and dated June 25, 1927, passed. On January 1, 1928, the First Inspectorate-General (Birinci Umumi Müfettià Âlik) including the provinces of Diyarbakñr, ElazñÃÂ, Urfa, Bitlis, Van, Hakkâri, Siirt and Mardin was established with the center in Diyarbakñr.
Before Thrace pogroms, on February 19, 1934, the Second Inspectorate-General (ðkinci Umumi Müfettià Âlik) including Kñrklareli, Edirne, Tekirdaàand ÃÂanakkale provinces, was established with the center in Edirne
On August 25, 1935, the Third Inspectorate-General (ÃÂçüncü Umumi Müfettià Âlik) including AÃÂrñ, Kars, Artvin, Rize, Trabzon, Gümüà Âhane, Erzincan and Erzurum provinces, was established with the center in Erzurum.
Before Dersim Rebellion, on June 6, 1936, the Fourth Inspectorate-General (Dördüncü Umumi Müffetià Âlik) was established in historical Dersim region that includes Tunceli, Elazñàand Bingöl provinces, with the center in ElazñÃÂ.
In December 1936 a conference of the Inspector-Generals of all the four Inspectorates-Generals together with the Minister of the Interior à Âükrü Kaya was held and an evaluation of the Turkification program was prepared. The Inspector-Generals compared their results for three days. The First Inspectorate-General demanded a closure of the border with Syria as he complained that from Syria the Kurds, Yazidis and Armenians received support.
The Inspectorates General were disestablished in 1952 under the government of the Democrat Party.