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{{Short description|Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox official post
| post                    = Chief of the General Staff
| native_name             = {{langx|tr|Genelkurmay Başkanı}}
| body                    = 
| flag                    = Standard of General staff of Turkish Armed Forces.svg
| flagsize                = 125px
| flagcaption             = Flag of the Chief of the General Staff
| insignia                = Turkey-army-OF-9.svg
| insigniasize            = 50px
| insigniacaption         = Shoulder insignia specifically for the chief
| imagesize               = 
| image                   = Metin Gürak (cropped).jpg
| incumbent               = General [[Metin Gürak]]
| incumbentsince          = 3 August 2023
| acting                  = 
| member_of               = [[General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces|General Staff]]<br />[[National Security Council (Turkey)|National Security Council]]<br />[[Supreme Military Council (Turkey)|Supreme Military Council]]
| department              = [[General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces|General Staff]]<br />[[Ministry of National Defense (Turkey)|Ministry of National Defense]]
| reports_to              = [[List of Ministers of National Defense of Turkey|Minister of National Defense]]
| seat                    = [[General Staff Building (Ankara)|General Staff Building]], [[Ankara]]
| nominator               = [[President of Turkey|President]]
| appointer               = President
| appointer_qualified     = 
| termlength              = 
| termlength_qualified    = 
| constituting_instrument = 
| precursor               = [[Ministry of War (Ottoman Empire)#War Council|Chief of the Ottoman General Staff]]
| formation               = 3 May 1920
| first                   = [[Mirliva]] [[İsmet İnönü]]
| last                    = 
| abolished               = 
| superseded_by           = 
| succession              = 
| unofficial_names        = 
| deputy                  = [[Second Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces|Second Chief of the General Staff]]
| salary                  = 
| website                 = {{Official website|http://www.tsk.tr/HomeEng}}
| footnotes               = 
}}

The '''Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces''' ({{langx|tr|Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri Genelkurmay Başkanı}}) is the [[Chief of staff|chief]] of the [[General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces|General Staff]] of the [[Turkish Armed Forces]] ({{langx|tr|Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri}}). He is appointed by the [[President of Turkey]], who is the [[commander-in-chief]]. The position dates to the period of the [[Government of the Grand National Assembly]] and the [[Turkish War of Independence]]. 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.

The current Chief of the General Staff is General [[Metin Gürak]], since 3 August 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Erdoğan vows stronger army as new names appointed |url=https://www.dailysabah.com/politics/erdogan-vows-stronger-army-as-new-names-appointed/news |work=[[Daily Sabah]] |date=3 August 2023 |access-date=27 October 2023}}</ref>

==List of chiefs of the general staff==

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{{Officeholder table
| order             = 1
| image             = 
| military_rank     = [[Mirliva]]
| officeholder      = [[İsmet İnönü]]
| officeholder_sort = İnönü, İsmet
| officeholder_note = {{efn|[[Ministry of General Staff|Minister of General Staff]].}}
| born_year         = 1884
| died_year         = 1973
| term_start        = 3 May 1920
| term_end          = 3 August 1921
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years and days|1920|5|3|1921|8|3}}
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 2
| image             = Mareşal Fevzi Çakmak.jpg
| military_rank     = [[Mareşal (Turkey)|Mareşal]]
| officeholder      = [[Fevzi Çakmak]]
| officeholder_sort = Çakmak, Fevzi
| officeholder_note = {{efn|Minister of General Staff until 6 March 1924.}}
| born_year         = 1876
| died_year         = 1950
| term_start        = 5 August 1921
| term_end          = 12 January 1944
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years and days|1921|8|5|1944|1|12}}
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 3
| image             = Mehmet Kazim Orbay.jpg
| military_rank     = General
| officeholder      = [[Kâzım Orbay]]
| officeholder_sort = Orbay, Kâzım
| born_year         = 1887
| died_year         = 1964
| term_start        = 12 January 1944
| term_end          = 30 July 1946
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years and days|1944|1|12|1946|7|30}}
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 4
| image             = Salih Omurtak1.jpg
| military_rank     = General
| officeholder      = [[Salih Omurtak]]
| officeholder_sort = Omurtak, Salih
| born_year         = 1889
| died_year         = 1954
| term_start        = 1 August 1946
| term_end          = 8 June 1949
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years and days|1946|8|1|1949|6|8}}
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 5
| image             = ANGurman.jpg
| military_rank     = General
| officeholder      = [[Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman]]
| officeholder_sort = Gürman, Abdurrahman Nafiz
| born_year         = 1882
| died_year         = 1966
| term_start        = 10 June 1949
| term_end          = 5 June 1950
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years and days|1949|6|10|1950|6|5}}
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 6
| image             = Nuri Yamut.jpg
| military_rank     = General
| officeholder      = [[Nuri Yamut]]
| officeholder_sort = Yamut, Nuri
| born_year         = 1890
| died_year         = 1961
| term_start        = 6 June 1950
| term_end          = 10 April 1954
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years and days|1950|6|6|1954|4|10}}
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 7
| image             = Orgeneral Nurettin Baransel.jpg
| military_rank     = General
| officeholder      = [[Nurettin Baransel]]
| officeholder_sort = Baransel, Nurettin
| born_year         = 1897
| died_year         = 1967
| term_start        = 28 May 1954
| term_end          = 25 August 1955
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years and days|1954|5|28|1955|8|25}}
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 8
| image             = Hakkı Tunaboylu.jpg
| military_rank     = General
| officeholder      = [[Hakkı Tunaboylu]]
| officeholder_sort = Tunaboylu, İsmail
| born_year         = 1895
| died_year         = 1958
| term_start        = 25 August 1955
| term_end          = 10 October 1957
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years and days|1955|8|25|1957|10|10}}
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 9
| image             = İbrahim Feyzi Mengüç.png
| military_rank     = General
| officeholder      = [[Feyzi Mengüç]]
| officeholder_sort = Mengüç, Feyzi
| born_year         = 1896
| died_year         = 1966
| term_start        = 11 October 1957
| term_end          = 22 August 1958
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years and days|1957|10|11|1958|8|22}}
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 10
| image             =
| military_rank     = General
| officeholder      = [[Rüştü Erdelhun]]
| officeholder_sort = Erdelhun, Rüştü
| born_year         = 1894
| died_year         = 1983
| term_start        = 23 August 1958
| term_end          = 27 May 1960
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years and days|1958|8|23|1960|5|27}}
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 11
| image             =
| military_rank     = General
| officeholder      = [[Ragıp Gümüşpala]]
| officeholder_sort = Gümüşpala, Ragıp
| born_year         = 1897
| died_year         = 1964
| term_start        = 3 June 1960
| term_end          = 4 August 1960
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years and days|1960|6|3|1960|8|4}}
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 12
| image             = Turkse chef Generale staf (Generaal Sunay), Bestanddeelnr 916-7535 (cropped).jpg
| military_rank     = General
| officeholder      = [[Cevdet Sunay]]
| officeholder_sort = Sunay, Cevdet
| born_year         = 1899
| died_year         = 1982
| term_start        = 4 August 1960
| term_end          = 16 March 1966
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years and days|1960|8|4|1966|3|16}}
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 13
| image             =
| military_rank     = General
| officeholder      = [[Cemal Tural]]
| officeholder_sort = Tural, Cemal
| born_year         = 1905
| died_year         = 1981
| term_start        = 16 March 1966
| term_end          = 16 March 1969
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years|1966|3|16|1969|3|16}} years
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 14
| image             = 
| military_rank     = General
| officeholder      = [[Memduh Tağmaç]]
| officeholder_sort = Tağmaç, Memduh
| born_year         = 1904
| died_year         = 1978
| term_start        = 16 March 1969
| term_end          = 29 August 1972
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years and days|1969|3|16|1972|8|29}}
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 15
| image             =
| military_rank     = General
| officeholder      = [[Faruk Gürler]]
| officeholder_sort = Gürler, Faruk
| born_year         = 1913
| died_year         = 1975
| term_start        = 29 August 1972
| term_end          = 6 March 1973
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years and days|1972|8|29|1973|5|6}}
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 16
| image             =
| military_rank     = General
| officeholder      = [[Semih Sancar]]
| officeholder_sort = Sancar, Semih
| born_year         = 1911
| died_year         = 1984
| term_start        = 6 March 1973
| term_end          = 7 March 1978
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years and days|1973|5|6|1978|5|7}}
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 17
| image             = Kenan Evren (cropped).png
| military_rank     = General
| officeholder      = [[Kenan Evren]]
| officeholder_sort = Evren, Kenan
| born_year         = 1917
| died_year         = 2015
| term_start        = 7 March 1978
| term_end          = 1 July 1983
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years and days|1978|5|7|1983|7|1}}
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 18
| image             =
| military_rank     = General
| officeholder      = [[Nurettin Ersin]]
| officeholder_sort = Ersin, Nurettin
| born_year         = 1918
| died_year         = 2005
| term_start        = 1 July 1983
| term_end          = 6 December 1983
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years and days|1983|7|1|1983|12|6}}
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 19
| image             =
| military_rank     = General
| officeholder      = [[Necdet Üruğ]]
| officeholder_sort = Üruğ, Necdet
| born_year         = 1921
| died_year         = 2021
| term_start        = 6 December 1983
| term_end          = 2 July 1987
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years and days|1983|12|6|1987|7|2}}
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 20
| image             =
| military_rank     = General
| officeholder      = [[Necip Torumtay]]
| officeholder_sort = Torumtay, Necip
| officeholder_note = {{efn|Torumtay resigned due to strong opposition to President [[Turgut Özal]]'s stance in favor of joining the [[Coalition of the Gulf War|Coalition]] in the [[Gulf War]] against [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraq]].}}
| born_year         = 1926
| died_year         = 2011
| term_start        = 24 July 1987
| term_end          = 3 December 1990
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years and days|1987|7|24|1990|12|3}}
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 21
| image             = Doğan Güreş TBMM fotoğrafı.jpg
| military_rank     = General
| officeholder      = [[Doğan Güreş]]
| officeholder_sort = Güreş, Doğan
| born_year         = 1926
| died_year         = 2014
| term_start        = 6 December 1990
| term_end          = 30 August 1994
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years and days|1990|12|6|1994|8|30}}
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 22
| image             =
| military_rank     = General
| officeholder      = [[İsmail Hakkı Karadayı]]
| officeholder_sort = Karadayı, İsmail Hakkı
| born_year         = 1932
| died_year         = 2020
| term_start        = 30 August 1994
| term_end          = 30 August 1998
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years|1994|8|30|1998|8|30}} years
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 23
| image             =
| military_rank     = General
| officeholder      = [[Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu]]
| officeholder_sort = Kıvrıkoğlu, Hüseyin
| born_year         = 1934
| died_year         =
| term_start        = 30 August 1998
| term_end          = 28 August 2002
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years and days|1998|8|30|2002|8|28}}
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 24
| image             = Hilmi Özkök (kesilmiş) 2.jpg
| military_rank     = General
| officeholder      = [[Hilmi Özkök]]
| officeholder_sort = Özkök, Hilmi
| born_year         = 1940
| died_year         =
| term_start        = 28 August 2002
| term_end          = 30 August 2006
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years and days|2002|8|28|2006|8|30}}
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 25
| image             = Yaşar Büyükanıt cropped.jpg
| military_rank     = General
| officeholder      = [[Yaşar Büyükanıt]]
| officeholder_sort = Büyükanıt, Yaşar
| born_year         = 1940
| died_year         = 2019
| term_start        = 30 August 2006
| term_end          = 30 August 2008
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years|2006|8|30|2008|8|30}} years
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 26
| image             = Ilker Basbug.jpg
| military_rank     = General
| officeholder      = [[İlker Başbuğ]]
| officeholder_sort = Başbuğ, İlker
| born_year         = 1943
| died_year         =
| term_start        = 30 August 2008
| term_end          = 30 August 2010
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years|2008|8|30|2010|8|30}} years
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 27
| image             =
| military_rank     = General
| officeholder      = [[Işık Koşaner]]
| officeholder_sort = Koşaner, Işık
| born_year         = 1945
| died_year         =
| term_start        = 30 August 2010
| term_end          = 29 July 2011
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years and days|2010|8|30|2011|7|29}}
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 28
| image             = Necdet Özel cropped.jpg
| military_rank     = General
| officeholder      = [[Necdet Özel]]
| officeholder_sort = Özel, Necdet
| born_year         = 1950
| died_year         =
| term_start        = 30 July 2011
| term_end          = 18 August 2015
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years and days|2011|7|30|2015|8|18}}
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 29
| image             = Hulusi Akar (cropped).jpg
| military_rank     = General
| officeholder      = [[Hulusi Akar]]
| officeholder_sort = Akar, Hulusi 
| born_year         = 1952
| died_year         =
| term_start        = 18 August 2015
| term_end          = 10 July 2018
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years and days|2015|8|18|2018|7|10}}
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = –
| image             = Ümit Dündar.png
| military_rank     = General
| officeholder      = [[Ümit Dündar]]
| officeholder_sort = Dündar, Ümit
| officeholder_note = {{efn|Dündar served as Acting Chief of the General Staff during the [[2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt|2016 coup d'état attempt]], while Akar was being held hostage by [[Peace at Home Council|coup forces]].}}
| born_year         = 1955
| died_year         =
| term_start        = 15 July 2016
| term_end          = 16 July 2016
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years and days|2016|7|15|2016|7|16}}
| acting            = y
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 30
| image             = OrgeneralYasarGulerNATOHQ.jpg
| military_rank     = General
| officeholder      = [[Yaşar Güler]]
| officeholder_sort = Güler, Yaşar
| born_year         = 1954
| died_year         =
| term_start        = 10 July 2018
| term_end          = 3 June 2023
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years and days|2018|7|10|2023|6|3}}
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = –
| image             = Musa Avsever 8 November 2021.jpg
| military_rank     = General
| officeholder      = [[Musa Avsever]]
| officeholder_sort = Avsever, Musa
| born_year         = 1957
| died_year         =
| term_start        = 5 June 2023
| term_end          = 3 August 2023
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years and days|2023|6|5|2023|8|3}}*
| acting            = y
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 31
| image             = Metin Gürak (cropped).jpg
| military_rank     = General
| officeholder      = [[Metin Gürak]]
| officeholder_sort = Gürak, Metin
| born_year         = 1960
| died_year         =
| term_start        = 3 August 2023
| timeinoffice      = {{Age in years and days|2023|8|3}}*
| defence_branch    = {{Army|Turkey|name=Ground Forces}}
}}
{{Officeholder table end}}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Incumbent's time in office last updated: {{Date}}.<!--NOTE: The incumbent's time in office in the table, and the date in this footnote, are automatically updated whenever any edit is made to the article or whenever Wikipedia itself re-caches the article.-->

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  from:1960 till:1966 color:cgs text:"[[Cevdet Sunay|Sunay]]" fontsize:10
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  from:1966 till:1969 color:cgs text:"[[Cemal Tural|Tural]]" fontsize:10
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  from:1969 till:1972 color:cgs text:"[[Memduh Tağmaç|Tağmaç]]" fontsize:10
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  from:1972 till:1973 color:cgs text:"[[Faruk Gürler|Gürler]]" fontsize:10
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  from:1978 till:1983 color:cgs text:"[[Kenan Evren|Evren]]" fontsize:10
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  from:1983 till:1983 color:cgs text:"[[Nurettin Ersin|Ersin]]" fontsize:10
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  from:1983 till:1987 color:cgs text:"[[Necdet Üruğ|Üruğ]]" fontsize:10
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  from:1987 till:1990 color:cgs text:"[[Necip Torumtay|Torumtay]]" fontsize:10
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  from:1998 till:2002 color:cgs text:"[[Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu|Kıvrıkoğlu]]" fontsize:10
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  from:2002 till:2006 color:cgs text:"[[Hilmi Özkök|Özkök]]" fontsize:10
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  from:2016 till:2016 color:cgs text:"[[Ümit Dündar|Dündar]] (acting)" fontsize:10
 bar:guler
  from:2018 till:2023 color:cgs text:"[[Yaşar Güler|Güler]]" fontsize:10
 bar:avsever
  from:2023 till:2023 color:cgs text:"[[Musa Avsever|Avsever]] (acting)" fontsize:10
 bar:gurak
  from:2023 till:$now color:cgs text:"[[Metin Gürak|Gürak]]" fontsize:10

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== Notes ==
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== See also ==
* [[List of commanders of the Turkish Land Forces]]
* [[List of commanders of the Turkish Air Force]]
* [[List of commanders of the Turkish Naval Forces]]
* [[List of general commanders of the Turkish Gendarmerie]]
* [[List of commandants of the Turkish Coast Guard]]
* [[List of commanders of the First Army of Turkey]]
* [[List of commanders of the Second Army of Turkey]]
* [[List of commanders of the Third Army of Turkey]]
* [[List of commanders of the Aegean Army]]

== References ==
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== Sources ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20151122080220/http://www.tsk.tr/1_TSK_HAKKINDA/1_2_Genelkurmay_Baskanlari/genelkurmay_baskanlari.htm Genelkurmay Başkanları listesi] {{in lang|tr}}
* Harp Akademileri Komutanlığı, ''Harp Akademilerinin 120 Yılı'', İstanbul, 1968. {{in lang|tr}}

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