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The Chief of the General Staff is the most senior ranked officer in the Turkish Armed Forces. The current Chief of the General Staff is Metin Gürak. [2] His predecessor was Hulusi Akar. According to the Constitution of Turkey, the Chief of the General Staff reports to the President and serves as Commander of the Turkish Armed Forces.
The post has its own rank insignia, which is the OF-9 (full General or Admiral of the Turkish Armed Forces) rank of the Chief of Staff's personal service branch surrounded by laurel wreaths. In practice, the position has always been held by a Turkish Land Forces officer.
Gürak was born on 20 August 1960 at Kızıltepe, Mardin.He graduated the Turkish Military Academy in 1981 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant upon graduation. . Gürak also entered the Artillery and Missile School (Topçu ve Füze Okulu) in 1982, the School of Army Aviation in 1985, where he became a certified army aviator, and completed the Staff Officer Course at the Land War ...
General Nuri Yamut: 1 July 1949 5 June 1950 2 General Kurtcebe Noyan: 6 June 1950 7 May 1951 3 General Şükrü Kanatlı: 28 December 1951 15 January 1954 4 General Nurettin Baransel: 6 April 1954 28 May 1954 5 General Abdülkadir Seven: 10 July 1954 25 April 1955 6 General Hakkı Tunaboylu: 13 September 1955 6 June 1956 7 General Ahmet ...
The Chief of the General Staff is also, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces in the name of the President, in wartime. Also, the General Staff is in command of the Special Forces, which is not aligned to any force command within the TAF. The Special Forces get their orders directly from the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces. [45]
Yaşar Güler (born 18 September 1954) is a Turkish retired-general who currently serves as the Minister of National Defense. He previously served as the 30th Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces from 2018 to 2023.
Genelkurmay Başkanı (Chief of the Turkish General Staff) assumes command of the Turkish Armed Forces, and although he is commonly appointed from the Turkish Army, he is entitled to wear all uniforms in the Turkish Armed Forces, including the Navy's. When he wears the Navy's uniform, he wears the oramiral's shoulder boards with specially ...
Akar served as a company commander, section chief and branch chief at various units and headquarters including the Turkish General Staff. He also served as an instructor at the Army Command and Staff College and was posted abroad as a staff officer in the intelligence division at Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH) from 1990–1993. From ...