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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%;">Chief of the General Staff</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-size: 125%; font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: <i lang="tr">Genelkurmay Başkanı</i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px #ccd2d9;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Turkey-army-OF-9.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Turkey-army-OF-9.svg/50px-Turkey-army-OF-9.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Turkey-army-OF-9.svg/75px-Turkey-army-OF-9.svg.png 1.5x, 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Standard_of_General_staff_of_Turkish_Armed_Forces.svg/250px-Standard_of_General_staff_of_Turkish_Armed_Forces.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Flag of the Chief of the General Staff</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px #ccd2d9; line-height:1.4em;"><div style="padding-bottom:0.4em;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Metin_G%C3%BCrak.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Metin_G%C3%BCrak.png/220px-Metin_G%C3%BCrak.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Metin_G%C3%BCrak.png/330px-Metin_G%C3%BCrak.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Metin_G%C3%BCrak.png/440px-Metin_G%C3%BCrak.png 2x" data-file-width="1008" data-file-height="1030" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Incumbent<br />General <a href="/wiki/Metin_G%C3%BCrak" title="Metin Gürak">Metin Gürak</a><br /></div>since 3 August 2023</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_the_Turkish_Armed_Forces" title="General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces">General Staff</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_National_Defense_(Turkey)" title="Ministry of National Defense (Turkey)">Ministry of National Defense</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Member of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_the_Turkish_Armed_Forces" title="General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces">General Staff</a><br /><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Council_(Turkey)" title="National Security Council (Turkey)">National Security Council</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Military_Council_(Turkey)" title="Supreme Military Council (Turkey)">Supreme Military Council</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reports to</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ministers_of_National_Defense_of_Turkey" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Ministers of National Defense of Turkey">Minister of National Defense</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Seat_(legal_entity)" title="Seat (legal entity)">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/General_Staff_Building_(Ankara)" title="General Staff Building (Ankara)">General Staff Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ankara" title="Ankara">Ankara</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nominator</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/President_of_Turkey" title="President of Turkey">President</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data">President</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Precursor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_War_(Ottoman_Empire)#War_Council" title="Ministry of War (Ottoman Empire)">Chief of the Ottoman General Staff</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">3 May 1920</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mirliva" title="Mirliva">Mirliva</a> <a href="/wiki/%C4%B0smet_%C4%B0n%C3%B6n%C3%BC" title="İsmet İnönü">İsmet İnönü</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Second_Chief_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Turkish_Armed_Forces&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Second Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces (page does not exist)">Second Chief of the General Staff</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tsk.tr/HomeEng">Official website</a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces</b> (<a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: <i lang="tr">Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri Genelkurmay Başkanı</i>) is the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_staff" title="Chief of staff">chief</a> of the <a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_the_Turkish_Armed_Forces" title="General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces">General Staff</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Armed_Forces" title="Turkish Armed Forces">Turkish Armed Forces</a> (<a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: <i lang="tr">Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri</i>). He is appointed by the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Turkey" title="President of Turkey">President of Turkey</a>, who is the <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-chief" title="Commander-in-chief">commander-in-chief</a>. The position dates to the period of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_Grand_National_Assembly" title="Government of the Grand National Assembly">Government of the Grand National Assembly</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Turkish_War_of_Independence" title="Turkish War of Independence">Turkish War of Independence</a>. 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 <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Turkish Land Forces</a> officer. </p><p>The current Chief of the General Staff is General <a href="/wiki/Metin_G%C3%BCrak" title="Metin Gürak">Metin Gürak</a>, since 3 August 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_chiefs_of_the_general_staff">List of chiefs of the general staff</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Turkish_General_Staff&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: List of chiefs of the general staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th class="unsortable">Portrait </th> <th>Chief of the General Staff</th> <th data-sort-type="date">Took office</th> <th data-sort-type="date">Left office</th> <th>Time in office</th> <th>Defence branch </th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Inonu_Ismet.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="İsmet İnönü"><img alt="İsmet İnönü" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Inonu_Ismet.jpg/100px-Inonu_Ismet.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Inonu_Ismet.jpg/150px-Inonu_Ismet.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Inonu_Ismet.jpg/200px-Inonu_Ismet.jpg 2x" data-file-width="686" data-file-height="918" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">İnönü, İsmet</span><a href="/wiki/Mirliva" title="Mirliva">Mirliva</a><br /><b><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0smet_%C4%B0n%C3%B6n%C3%BC" title="İsmet İnönü">İsmet İnönü</a></b><br /><small>(1884–1973)</small><br /><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 May 1920</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 August 1921</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 year, 92 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mare%C5%9Fal_Fevzi_%C3%87akmak.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Fevzi Çakmak"><img alt="Fevzi Çakmak" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Mare%C5%9Fal_Fevzi_%C3%87akmak.jpg/100px-Mare%C5%9Fal_Fevzi_%C3%87akmak.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Mare%C5%9Fal_Fevzi_%C3%87akmak.jpg/150px-Mare%C5%9Fal_Fevzi_%C3%87akmak.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Mare%C5%9Fal_Fevzi_%C3%87akmak.jpg/200px-Mare%C5%9Fal_Fevzi_%C3%87akmak.jpg 2x" data-file-width="294" data-file-height="389" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Çakmak, Fevzi</span><a href="/wiki/Mare%C5%9Fal_(Turkey)" title="Mareşal (Turkey)">Mareşal</a><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Fevzi_%C3%87akmak" title="Fevzi Çakmak">Fevzi Çakmak</a></b><br /><small>(1876–1950)</small><br /><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5 August 1921</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">12 January 1944</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22 years, 160 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mehmet_Kazim_Orbay.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kâzım Orbay"><img alt="Kâzım Orbay" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Mehmet_Kazim_Orbay.jpg/100px-Mehmet_Kazim_Orbay.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Mehmet_Kazim_Orbay.jpg/150px-Mehmet_Kazim_Orbay.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Mehmet_Kazim_Orbay.jpg/200px-Mehmet_Kazim_Orbay.jpg 2x" data-file-width="258" data-file-height="381" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Orbay, Kâzım</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/K%C3%A2z%C4%B1m_Orbay" title="Kâzım Orbay">Kâzım Orbay</a></b><br /><small>(1887–1964)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">12 January 1944</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30 July 1946</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2 years, 199 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Salih_Omurtak1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Salih Omurtak"><img alt="Salih Omurtak" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Salih_Omurtak1.jpg/100px-Salih_Omurtak1.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Salih_Omurtak1.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="150" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Omurtak, Salih</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Salih_Omurtak" title="Salih Omurtak">Salih Omurtak</a></b><br /><small>(1889–1954)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 August 1946</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">8 June 1949</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2 years, 311 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ANGurman.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman"><img alt="Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/ANGurman.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="98" data-file-height="126" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Gürman, Abdurrahman Nafiz</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Abdurrahman_Nafiz_G%C3%BCrman" class="mw-redirect" title="Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman">Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman</a></b><br /><small>(1882–1966)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 June 1949</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5 June 1950</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">360 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nuri_Yamut.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nuri Yamut"><img alt="Nuri Yamut" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Nuri_Yamut.jpg/100px-Nuri_Yamut.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Nuri_Yamut.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="110" data-file-height="147" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Yamut, Nuri</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Nuri_Yamut" title="Nuri Yamut">Nuri Yamut</a></b><br /><small>(1890–1961)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6 June 1950</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 April 1954</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 years, 308 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Orgeneral_Nurettin_Baransel.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nurettin Baransel"><img alt="Nurettin Baransel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Orgeneral_Nurettin_Baransel.jpg/100px-Orgeneral_Nurettin_Baransel.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Orgeneral_Nurettin_Baransel.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="110" data-file-height="147" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Baransel, Nurettin</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Nurettin_Baransel" title="Nurettin Baransel">Nurettin Baransel</a></b><br /><small>(1897–1967)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">28 May 1954</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">25 August 1955</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 year, 89 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">8</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hakk%C4%B1_Tunaboylu.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hakkı Tunaboylu"><img alt="Hakkı Tunaboylu" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Hakk%C4%B1_Tunaboylu.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="150" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Tunaboylu, İsmail</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Hakk%C4%B1_Tunaboylu" title="Hakkı Tunaboylu">Hakkı Tunaboylu</a></b><br /><small>(1895–1958)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">25 August 1955</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 October 1957</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2 years, 46 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">9</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%C4%B0brahim_Feyzi_Meng%C3%BC%C3%A7.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Feyzi Mengüç"><img alt="Feyzi Mengüç" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/%C4%B0brahim_Feyzi_Meng%C3%BC%C3%A7.png/100px-%C4%B0brahim_Feyzi_Meng%C3%BC%C3%A7.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/%C4%B0brahim_Feyzi_Meng%C3%BC%C3%A7.png/150px-%C4%B0brahim_Feyzi_Meng%C3%BC%C3%A7.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/%C4%B0brahim_Feyzi_Meng%C3%BC%C3%A7.png/200px-%C4%B0brahim_Feyzi_Meng%C3%BC%C3%A7.png 2x" data-file-width="880" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Mengüç, Feyzi</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Feyzi_Meng%C3%BC%C3%A7" title="Feyzi Mengüç">Feyzi Mengüç</a></b><br /><small>(1896–1966)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">11 October 1957</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22 August 1958</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">315 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Rüştü Erdelhun"><img alt="Rüştü Erdelhun" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Erdelhun, Rüştü</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/R%C3%BC%C5%9Ft%C3%BC_Erdelhun" title="Rüştü Erdelhun">Rüştü Erdelhun</a></b><br /><small>(1894–1983)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">23 August 1958</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">27 May 1960</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 year, 278 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">11</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Ragıp Gümüşpala"><img alt="Ragıp Gümüşpala" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Gümüşpala, Ragıp</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rag%C4%B1p_G%C3%BCm%C3%BC%C5%9Fpala" title="Ragıp Gümüşpala">Ragıp Gümüşpala</a></b><br /><small>(1897–1964)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 June 1960</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4 August 1960</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">62 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">12</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Turkse_chef_Generale_staf_(Generaal_Sunay),_Bestanddeelnr_916-7535_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cevdet Sunay"><img alt="Cevdet Sunay" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Turkse_chef_Generale_staf_%28Generaal_Sunay%29%2C_Bestanddeelnr_916-7535_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Turkse_chef_Generale_staf_%28Generaal_Sunay%29%2C_Bestanddeelnr_916-7535_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Turkse_chef_Generale_staf_%28Generaal_Sunay%29%2C_Bestanddeelnr_916-7535_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Turkse_chef_Generale_staf_%28Generaal_Sunay%29%2C_Bestanddeelnr_916-7535_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Turkse_chef_Generale_staf_%28Generaal_Sunay%29%2C_Bestanddeelnr_916-7535_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Turkse_chef_Generale_staf_%28Generaal_Sunay%29%2C_Bestanddeelnr_916-7535_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="812" data-file-height="1170" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Sunay, Cevdet</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Cevdet_Sunay" title="Cevdet Sunay">Cevdet Sunay</a></b><br /><small>(1899–1982)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4 August 1960</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">16 March 1966</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5 years, 224 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">13</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Cemal Tural"><img alt="Cemal Tural" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Tural, Cemal</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Cemal_Tural" title="Cemal Tural">Cemal Tural</a></b><br /><small>(1905–1981)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">16 March 1966</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">16 March 1969</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 years</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">14</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Memduh Tağmaç"><img alt="Memduh Tağmaç" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Tağmaç, Memduh</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Memduh_Ta%C4%9Fma%C3%A7" title="Memduh Tağmaç">Memduh Tağmaç</a></b><br /><small>(1904–1978)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">16 March 1969</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">29 August 1972</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 years, 166 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Faruk Gürler"><img alt="Faruk Gürler" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Gürler, Faruk</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Faruk_G%C3%BCrler" title="Faruk Gürler">Faruk Gürler</a></b><br /><small>(1913–1975)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">29 August 1972</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6 March 1973</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">250 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">16</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Semih Sancar"><img alt="Semih Sancar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Sancar, Semih</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Semih_Sancar" title="Semih Sancar">Semih Sancar</a></b><br /><small>(1911–1984)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6 March 1973</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 March 1978</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5 years, 1 day</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">17</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kenan_Evren_(cropped).png" class="mw-file-description" title="Kenan Evren"><img alt="Kenan Evren" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Kenan_Evren_%28cropped%29.png/100px-Kenan_Evren_%28cropped%29.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Kenan_Evren_%28cropped%29.png/150px-Kenan_Evren_%28cropped%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Kenan_Evren_%28cropped%29.png/200px-Kenan_Evren_%28cropped%29.png 2x" data-file-width="307" data-file-height="392" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Evren, Kenan</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Kenan_Evren" title="Kenan Evren">Kenan Evren</a></b><br /><small>(1917–2015)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 March 1978</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 July 1983</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5 years, 55 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">18</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Nurettin Ersin"><img alt="Nurettin Ersin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Ersin, Nurettin</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Nurettin_Ersin" title="Nurettin Ersin">Nurettin Ersin</a></b><br /><small>(1918–2005)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 July 1983</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6 December 1983</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">158 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Necdet Üruğ"><img alt="Necdet Üruğ" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Üruğ, Necdet</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Necdet_%C3%9Cru%C4%9F" title="Necdet Üruğ">Necdet Üruğ</a></b><br /><small>(1921–2021)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6 December 1983</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2 July 1987</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 years, 208 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">20</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Necip Torumtay"><img alt="Necip Torumtay" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Torumtay, Necip</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Necip_Torumtay" title="Necip Torumtay">Necip Torumtay</a></b><br /><small>(1926–2011)</small><br /><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">24 July 1987</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 December 1990</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 years, 132 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">21</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Do%C4%9Fan_G%C3%BCre%C5%9F_TBMM_foto%C4%9Fraf%C4%B1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Doğan Güreş"><img alt="Doğan Güreş" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Do%C4%9Fan_G%C3%BCre%C5%9F_TBMM_foto%C4%9Fraf%C4%B1.jpg/100px-Do%C4%9Fan_G%C3%BCre%C5%9F_TBMM_foto%C4%9Fraf%C4%B1.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Do%C4%9Fan_G%C3%BCre%C5%9F_TBMM_foto%C4%9Fraf%C4%B1.jpg/150px-Do%C4%9Fan_G%C3%BCre%C5%9F_TBMM_foto%C4%9Fraf%C4%B1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Do%C4%9Fan_G%C3%BCre%C5%9F_TBMM_foto%C4%9Fraf%C4%B1.jpg/200px-Do%C4%9Fan_G%C3%BCre%C5%9F_TBMM_foto%C4%9Fraf%C4%B1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="294" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Güreş, Doğan</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Do%C4%9Fan_G%C3%BCre%C5%9F" title="Doğan Güreş">Doğan Güreş</a></b><br /><small>(1926–2014)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6 December 1990</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30 August 1994</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 years, 267 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="İsmail Hakkı Karadayı"><img alt="İsmail Hakkı Karadayı" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Karadayı, İsmail Hakkı</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0smail_Hakk%C4%B1_Karaday%C4%B1" title="İsmail Hakkı Karadayı">İsmail Hakkı Karadayı</a></b><br /><small>(1932–2020)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30 August 1994</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30 August 1998</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4 years</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">23</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu"><img alt="Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Kıvrıkoğlu, Hüseyin</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/H%C3%BCseyin_K%C4%B1vr%C4%B1ko%C4%9Flu" title="Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu">Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu</a></b><br /><small>(born 1934)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30 August 1998</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">28 August 2002</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 years, 363 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">24</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hilmi_%C3%96zk%C3%B6k_(kesilmi%C5%9F)_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hilmi Özkök"><img alt="Hilmi Özkök" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Hilmi_%C3%96zk%C3%B6k_%28kesilmi%C5%9F%29_2.jpg/100px-Hilmi_%C3%96zk%C3%B6k_%28kesilmi%C5%9F%29_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Hilmi_%C3%96zk%C3%B6k_%28kesilmi%C5%9F%29_2.jpg/150px-Hilmi_%C3%96zk%C3%B6k_%28kesilmi%C5%9F%29_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Hilmi_%C3%96zk%C3%B6k_%28kesilmi%C5%9F%29_2.jpg/200px-Hilmi_%C3%96zk%C3%B6k_%28kesilmi%C5%9F%29_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="830" data-file-height="984" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Özkök, Hilmi</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Hilmi_%C3%96zk%C3%B6k" title="Hilmi Özkök">Hilmi Özkök</a></b><br /><small>(born 1940)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">28 August 2002</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30 August 2006</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4 years, 2 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">25</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ya%C5%9Far_B%C3%BCy%C3%BCkan%C4%B1t_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yaşar Büyükanıt"><img alt="Yaşar Büyükanıt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Ya%C5%9Far_B%C3%BCy%C3%BCkan%C4%B1t_cropped.jpg/100px-Ya%C5%9Far_B%C3%BCy%C3%BCkan%C4%B1t_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Ya%C5%9Far_B%C3%BCy%C3%BCkan%C4%B1t_cropped.jpg/150px-Ya%C5%9Far_B%C3%BCy%C3%BCkan%C4%B1t_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Ya%C5%9Far_B%C3%BCy%C3%BCkan%C4%B1t_cropped.jpg/200px-Ya%C5%9Far_B%C3%BCy%C3%BCkan%C4%B1t_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1504" data-file-height="2186" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Büyükanıt, Yaşar</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Ya%C5%9Far_B%C3%BCy%C3%BCkan%C4%B1t" title="Yaşar Büyükanıt">Yaşar Büyükanıt</a></b><br /><small>(1940–2019)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30 August 2006</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30 August 2008</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2 years</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">26</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ilker_Basbug.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="İlker Başbuğ"><img alt="İlker Başbuğ" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Ilker_Basbug.jpg/100px-Ilker_Basbug.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Ilker_Basbug.jpg/150px-Ilker_Basbug.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Ilker_Basbug.jpg/200px-Ilker_Basbug.jpg 2x" data-file-width="443" data-file-height="539" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Başbuğ, İlker</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0lker_Ba%C5%9Fbu%C4%9F" title="İlker Başbuğ">İlker Başbuğ</a></b><br /><small>(born 1943)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30 August 2008</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30 August 2010</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2 years</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">27</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Işık Koşaner"><img alt="Işık Koşaner" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Koşaner, Işık</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/I%C5%9F%C4%B1k_Ko%C5%9Faner" title="Işık Koşaner">Işık Koşaner</a></b><br /><small>(born 1945)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30 August 2010</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">29 July 2011</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">333 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">28</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Necdet_%C3%96zel_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Necdet Özel"><img alt="Necdet Özel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Necdet_%C3%96zel_cropped.jpg/100px-Necdet_%C3%96zel_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Necdet_%C3%96zel_cropped.jpg/150px-Necdet_%C3%96zel_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Necdet_%C3%96zel_cropped.jpg/200px-Necdet_%C3%96zel_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1471" data-file-height="2134" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Özel, Necdet</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Necdet_%C3%96zel" title="Necdet Özel">Necdet Özel</a></b><br /><small>(born 1950)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30 July 2011</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">18 August 2015</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4 years, 19 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">29</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hulusi_Akar_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hulusi Akar"><img alt="Hulusi Akar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Hulusi_Akar_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Hulusi_Akar_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Hulusi_Akar_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Hulusi_Akar_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Hulusi_Akar_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Hulusi_Akar_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="597" data-file-height="817" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Akar, Hulusi</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Hulusi_Akar" title="Hulusi Akar">Hulusi Akar</a></b><br /><small>(born 1952)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">18 August 2015</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 July 2018</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2 years, 326 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">–</td><td style="; background: #E6E6AA"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%C3%9Cmit_D%C3%BCndar.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Ümit Dündar"><img alt="Ümit Dündar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/%C3%9Cmit_D%C3%BCndar.png/100px-%C3%9Cmit_D%C3%BCndar.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/%C3%9Cmit_D%C3%BCndar.png/150px-%C3%9Cmit_D%C3%BCndar.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/%C3%9Cmit_D%C3%BCndar.png/200px-%C3%9Cmit_D%C3%BCndar.png 2x" data-file-width="746" data-file-height="775" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><span style="display:none">Dündar, Ümit</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/%C3%9Cmit_D%C3%BCndar" title="Ümit Dündar">Ümit Dündar</a></b><br /><small>(born 1955)</small><br /><small><i>Acting</i></small><br /><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">15 July 2016</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">16 July 2016</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">1 day</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:OrgeneralYasarGulerNATOHQ.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yaşar Güler"><img alt="Yaşar Güler" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/OrgeneralYasarGulerNATOHQ.jpg/100px-OrgeneralYasarGulerNATOHQ.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/OrgeneralYasarGulerNATOHQ.jpg/150px-OrgeneralYasarGulerNATOHQ.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/OrgeneralYasarGulerNATOHQ.jpg/200px-OrgeneralYasarGulerNATOHQ.jpg 2x" data-file-width="890" data-file-height="1011" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Güler, Yaşar</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Ya%C5%9Far_G%C3%BCler" title="Yaşar Güler">Yaşar Güler</a></b><br /><small>(born 1954)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 July 2018</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 June 2023</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4 years, 328 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">–</td><td style="; background: #E6E6AA"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Musa_Avsever_8_November_2021.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Musa Avsever"><img alt="Musa Avsever" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Musa_Avsever_8_November_2021.jpg/100px-Musa_Avsever_8_November_2021.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Musa_Avsever_8_November_2021.jpg/150px-Musa_Avsever_8_November_2021.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Musa_Avsever_8_November_2021.jpg/200px-Musa_Avsever_8_November_2021.jpg 2x" data-file-width="268" data-file-height="379" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><span style="display:none">Avsever, Musa</span><b><a href="/wiki/Musa_Avsever" title="Musa Avsever">Musa Avsever</a></b><br /><small>(born 1957)</small><br /><small><i>Acting</i></small></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">5 June 2023</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">3 August 2023</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">59 days*</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">31</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Metin_G%C3%BCrak.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Metin Gürak"><img alt="Metin Gürak" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Metin_G%C3%BCrak.png/100px-Metin_G%C3%BCrak.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Metin_G%C3%BCrak.png/150px-Metin_G%C3%BCrak.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Metin_G%C3%BCrak.png/200px-Metin_G%C3%BCrak.png 2x" data-file-width="1008" data-file-height="1030" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Gürak, Metin</span><b><a href="/wiki/Metin_G%C3%BCrak" title="Metin Gürak">Metin Gürak</a></b><br /><small>(born 1960)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 August 2023</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><i>Incumbent</i></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 year, 117 days*</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Ground Forces</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>* Incumbent's time in office last updated: 28 November 2024. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 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class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_General_Staff" title="Ministry of General Staff">Minister of General Staff</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Minister of General Staff until 6 March 1924.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Torumtay resigned due to strong opposition to President <a href="/wiki/Turgut_%C3%96zal" title="Turgut Özal">Turgut Özal</a>'s stance in favor of joining the <a href="/wiki/Coalition_of_the_Gulf_War" title="Coalition of the Gulf War">Coalition</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a> against <a href="/wiki/Ba%27athist_Iraq" title="Ba'athist Iraq">Iraq</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dündar served as Acting Chief of the General Staff during the <a href="/wiki/2016_Turkish_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt">2016 coup d'état attempt</a>, while Akar was being held hostage by <a href="/wiki/Peace_at_Home_Council" title="Peace at Home Council">coup forces</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Turkish_General_Staff&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_Turkish_Land_Forces" title="List of commanders of the Turkish Land Forces">List of commanders of the Turkish Land Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_Turkish_Air_Force" title="List of commanders of the Turkish Air Force">List of commanders of the Turkish Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_Turkish_Naval_Forces" title="List of commanders of the Turkish Naval Forces">List of commanders of the Turkish Naval Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_general_commanders_of_the_Turkish_Gendarmerie" title="List of general commanders of the Turkish Gendarmerie">List of general commanders of the Turkish Gendarmerie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commandants_of_the_Turkish_Coast_Guard" title="List of commandants of the Turkish Coast Guard">List of commandants of the Turkish Coast Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_First_Army_of_Turkey" title="List of commanders of the First Army of Turkey">List of commanders of the First Army of Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_Second_Army_of_Turkey" title="List of commanders of the Second Army of Turkey">List of commanders of the Second Army of Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_Third_Army_of_Turkey" title="List of commanders of the Third Army of Turkey">List of commanders of the Third Army of Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_Aegean_Army" title="List of commanders of the Aegean Army">List of commanders of the Aegean Army</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Turkish_General_Staff&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a 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href="/wiki/Necdet_%C3%96zel" title="Necdet Özel">Necdet Özel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hulusi_Akar" title="Hulusi Akar">Hulusi Akar</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/%C3%9Cmit_D%C3%BCndar" title="Ümit Dündar">Ümit Dündar</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ya%C5%9Far_G%C3%BCler" title="Yaşar Güler">Yaşar Güler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musa_Avsever" title="Musa Avsever">Musa Avsever</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metin_G%C3%BCrak" title="Metin Gürak">Metin Gürak</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Standard_of_General_staff_of_Turkish_Armed_Forces.svg/100px-Standard_of_General_staff_of_Turkish_Armed_Forces.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_the_Turkish_Armed_Forces" title="General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces">General Staff</a> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Chief</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="7" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_National_Defense_(Turkey)" title="Ministry of National Defense (Turkey)"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/MSB-Logo.png/100px-MSB-Logo.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/MSB-Logo.png/150px-MSB-Logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/MSB-Logo.png/200px-MSB-Logo.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Selimiye_Barracks" title="Selimiye Barracks">HQ</a>: <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_First_Army_of_Turkey" title="List of commanders of the First Army of Turkey">Commanders</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Army_(Turkey)" title="Second Army (Turkey)">Second Army Command</a> <ul><li>HQ: <a href="/wiki/Malatya" title="Malatya">Malatya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_Second_Army_of_Turkey" title="List of commanders of the Second Army of Turkey">Commanders</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Army_(Turkey)" title="Third Army (Turkey)">Third Army Command</a> <ul><li>HQ: <a href="/wiki/Erzincan" title="Erzincan">Erzincan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_Third_Army_of_Turkey" title="List of commanders of the Third Army of Turkey">Commanders</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aegean_Army" title="Aegean Army">Aegean Army Command</a> <ul><li>HQ: <a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmir" title="İzmir">İzmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_Aegean_Army" title="List of commanders of the Aegean Army">Commanders</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Services</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Army</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_Turkish_Land_Forces" title="List of commanders of the Turkish Land Forces">Commanders</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Naval_Forces" title="Turkish Naval Forces">Navy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_Turkish_Naval_Forces" title="List of commanders of the Turkish Naval Forces">Commanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amphibious_Marine_Brigade_(Turkish_Armed_Forces)" title="Amphibious Marine Brigade (Turkish Armed Forces)">Amphibious Marine Brigade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Underwater_Offence_(Turkish_Armed_Forces)" title="Underwater Offence (Turkish Armed Forces)">Underwater Offence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Underwater_Defence_(Turkish_Armed_Forces)" title="Underwater Defence (Turkish Armed Forces)">Underwater Defence</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Air_Force" title="Turkish Air Force">Air Force</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_Turkish_Air_Force" title="List of commanders of the Turkish Air Force">Commanders</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Forces_Command_(Turkey)" title="Special Forces Command (Turkey)">Special Forces</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_Special_Forces_of_the_Turkish_Armed_Forces" title="List of commanders of the Special Forces of the Turkish Armed Forces">Commanders</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Internal security</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cyprus_Turkish_Peace_Force_Command" title="Cyprus Turkish Peace Force Command">Turkish forces in Northern Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Turkish_Armed_Forces_operations_in_Northern_Iraq" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Turkish Armed Forces operations in Northern Iraq">Turkish operations in Northern Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_occupation_of_northern_Syria" title="Turkish occupation of northern Syria">Turkish occupation of northern Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Directorate_of_Mapping" title="General Directorate of Mapping">General Directorate of Mapping</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Military_equipment_of_Turkey" title="Military equipment of Turkey">Equipment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_Turkish_Land_Forces" title="List of equipment of the Turkish Land Forces">Land Forces equipment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_ships_of_the_Turkish_Navy" title="Lists of ships of the Turkish Navy">Navy ships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_aircraft_of_the_Turkish_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="List of active aircraft of the Turkish Air Force">Air Force aircraft</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Education</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Defense_University_(Turkey)" title="National Defense University (Turkey)">National Defence University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Military_Academy" title="Turkish Military Academy">Military Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Naval_Academy" title="Turkish Naval Academy">Naval Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Air_Force_Academy" title="Turkish Air Force Academy">Air Force Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Military_NCO_School&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Military NCO School (page does not exist)">Military NCO School</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Naval_NCO_School&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Naval NCO School (page does not exist)">Naval NCO School</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_NCO_School&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Air Force NCO School (page does not exist)">Air Force NCO School</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Military_Band_NCO_School&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Military Band NCO School (page does not exist)">Military Band NCO School</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div><b><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/32px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/48px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/64px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Turkey" title="Portal:Turkey">Turkey portal</a></b> • <span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" 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rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Chief_of_military_by_country" title="Template:Chief of military by country"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Chief_of_military_by_country" title="Template talk:Chief of military by country"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Chief_of_military_by_country" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Chief of military by country"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Chiefs_of_defence_by_country" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Chiefs of defence by country</div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_defence" title="Chief of defence">Chief of Defence</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Africa</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_People%27s_National_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the People's National Army">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_General_Staff_(Angola)" title="Chief of General Staff (Angola)">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Benin)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (Benin)">Benin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Defence_Force_(Botswana)" title="Commander of the Defence Force (Botswana)">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_General_Staff_(Burkina_Faso)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of General Staff (Burkina Faso) (page does not exist)">Burkina Faso</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Burundi)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (Burundi) (page does not exist)">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Cameroon)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (Cameroon) (page does not exist)">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Cape_Verde)" title="Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (Cape Verde)">Cape Verde</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Defence_(Central_African_Republic)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Defence (Central African Republic) (page does not exist)">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Chad)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Chad)">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Comoros)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (Comoros) (page does not exist)">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">DR Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_General_Staff_(Republic_of_the_Congo)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of General Staff (Republic of the Congo) (page does not exist)">Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Staff_(Djibouti)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Staff (Djibouti) (page does not exist)">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Egypt)" title="Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (Egypt)">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Defence_(Equatorial_Guinea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Defence (Equatorial Guinea) (page does not exist)">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Eritrea)" title="Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (Eritrea)">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umbutfo_Eswatini_Defence_Force#Commanders" title="Umbutfo Eswatini Defence Force">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_General_Staff_(Ethiopia)" title="Chief of General Staff (Ethiopia)">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Staff_(Gabon)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Staff (Gabon) (page does not exist)">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(The_Gambia)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (The Gambia)">Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Ghana)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (Ghana)">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Defence_(Guinea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Defence (Guinea) (page does not exist)">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_General_Staff_(Guinea-Bissau)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of General Staff (Guinea-Bissau) (page does not exist)">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Ivory_Coast)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (Ivory Coast)">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Forces_(Kenya)" title="Chief of Defence Forces (Kenya)">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Lesotho_Defence_Force" title="Commander of the Lesotho Defence Force">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Liberia)" title="Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (Liberia)">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Staff_(Libya)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Staff (Libya) (page does not 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href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Force_(Namibia)" title="Chief of the Defence Force (Namibia)">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joint_Chief_of_staff_(Niger)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joint Chief of staff (Niger) (page does not exist)">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(Nigeria)" title="Chief of Defence Staff (Nigeria)">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(Rwanda)" title="Chief of Defence Staff (Rwanda)">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_(S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe)" title="Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (São Tomé and Príncipe)">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Senegal)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Senegal)">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Defence_(Seychelles)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Defence (Seychelles) (page does not exist)">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Sierra_Leone)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (Sierra Leone)">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Force_(Somalia)" title="Chief of Defence Force (Somalia)">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_South_African_National_Defence_Force" title="Chief of the South African National Defence Force">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_General_Staff_(South_Sudan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of General Staff (South Sudan) (page does not exist)">South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_General_Staff_(Sudan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of General Staff (Sudan) (page does not exist)">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanzania_People%27s_Defence_Force#Chief_of_Defence_Force" title="Tanzania People's Defence Force">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(Togo)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Defence Staff (Togo) (page does not exist)">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Staff_(Tunisia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Staff (Tunisia) (page does not exist)">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Forces_(Uganda)" title="Chief of Defence Forces (Uganda)">Uganda</a></li> <li>Zambia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defense_(Zimbabwe)" title="Chief of Defense (Zimbabwe)">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">states with<br />limited recognition</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Somaliland)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Somaliland)">Somaliland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Biafra</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Bophuthatswana_Defence_Force&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force (page does not exist)">Bophuthatswana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Ciskei_Defence_Force&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Ciskei Defence Force (page does not exist)">Ciskei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirdar" title="Sirdar">British Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_General_Staff_(Ethiopia)" title="Chief of General Staff (Ethiopia)">Ethiopian Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defense_(Zimbabwe)" title="Chief of Defense (Zimbabwe)">Rhodesia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Transkei_Defence_Force&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Transkei Defence Force (page does not exist)">Transkei</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Venda_Defence_Force&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Venda Defence Force (page does not exist)">Venda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Zaire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defense_(Antigua_and_Barbuda)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Defense (Antigua and Barbuda)">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_(Argentina)" title="Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Argentina)">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Defence_Force_(Bahamas)" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Defence Force (Bahamas)">Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_(Barbados)" title="Chief of Staff (Barbados)">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Defence_Force_(Belize)" title="Commander of the Defence Force (Belize)">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Bolivia#Commander_in_Chief_of_the_Armed_Forces" title="Armed Forces of Bolivia">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces" title="Joint Staff of the Armed Forces">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Canada)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada)">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Defence_(Chile)" title="Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Defence (Chile)">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Commander_of_the_Military_Forces_(Colombia)" title="General Commander of the Military Forces (Colombia)">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuban_Revolutionary_Armed_Forces#Leadership" title="Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Staff_(Dominican_Republic)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Staff (Dominican Republic) (page does not exist)">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joint_Chief_of_Staff_(Ecuador)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joint Chief of Staff (Ecuador) (page does not exist)">Ecuador</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Joint_Staff_(El_Salvador)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Joint Staff (El Salvador) (page does not exist)">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Guatemala)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Guatemala)">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_(Guyana)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Staff (Guyana)">Guyana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders-in-chief_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Haiti" title="List of commanders-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Haiti">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Honduras)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Armed Forces (Honduras) (page does not exist)">Honduras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(Jamaica)" title="Chief of Defence Staff (Jamaica)">Jamaica</a></li> <li>Mexico <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Secretariat_of_National_Defense_(Mexico)" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretariat of National Defense (Mexico)">Secretariat of National Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretariat_of_the_Navy" title="Secretariat of the Navy">Secretariat of the Navy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Army_(Nicaragua)" title="Commander-in-Chief of the Army (Nicaragua)">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Paraguay)" title="Commander of the Armed Forces (Paraguay)">Paraguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Joint_Command_(Peru)" title="Chief of the Joint Command (Peru)">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Defence_Force_Commander_(Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Defence Force Commander (Saint Kitts and Nevis) (page does not exist)">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Suriname)" title="Commander of the Armed Forces (Suriname)">Suriname</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(Trinidad_and_Tobago)" title="Chief of Defence Staff (Trinidad and Tobago)">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Staff_(Uruguay)" title="Defence Staff (Uruguay)">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_Command_Operations_(Venezuela)" class="mw-redirect" title="Strategic Command Operations (Venezuela)">Venezuela</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_General_Staff_(Afghanistan)" title="Chief of General Staff (Afghanistan)">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Defense_(Bahrain)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Defense (Bahrain) (page does not exist)">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principal_Staff_Officer_(Bangladesh)" title="Principal Staff Officer (Bangladesh)">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_Operations_Officer_(Bhutan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief Operations Officer (Bhutan) (page does not exist)">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Royal_Brunei_Armed_Forces" title="Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-chief_of_the_Royal_Cambodian_Armed_Forces" title="Commander-in-chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Staff_Department_of_the_Central_Military_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission">PR of China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Force_(East_Timor)" title="Chief of Defence Force (East Timor)">East Timor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(India)" title="Chief of Defence Staff (India)">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Indonesian_National_Armed_Forces" title="Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran" title="General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran">Iran</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Army#Commanders-in-Chief" title="List of commanders of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army">AJA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps#Commanders-in-Chief" title="List of commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">IRGC</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Iraq)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Iraq)">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Israel)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Israel)">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff,_Joint_Staff" title="Chief of Staff, Joint Staff">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_(Jordan)" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Jordan)">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Kazakhstan)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Kazakhstan)">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Staff_Department_of_the_Korean_People%27s_Army" title="General Staff Department of the Korean People's Army">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_(South_Korea)" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (South Korea)">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Kuwait)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Kuwait)">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_Armed_Forces_(Kyrgyzstan)" title="General Staff of Armed Forces (Kyrgyzstan)">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_General_Staff_(Laos)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of General Staff (Laos) (page does not exist)">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Lebanese_Armed_Forces" title="Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Forces_(Malaysia)" title="Chief of Defence Forces (Malaysia)">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Force_(Maldives)" title="Chief of Defence Force (Maldives)">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_General_Staff_(Mongolia)" title="Chief of General Staff (Mongolia)">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief_of_Defence_Services" title="Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Army_Staff_(Nepal)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Army Staff (Nepal)">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_staff_(Oman)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of staff (Oman) (page does not exist)">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chairman_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_Committee" title="Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Philippines" title="Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_General_Staff_(Qatar)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of General Staff (Qatar) (page does not exist)">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_General_Staff" title="Chairman of the General Staff">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Force_(Singapore)" title="Chief of Defence Force (Singapore)">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (Sri Lanka)">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Syria)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Syria)">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Tajikistan)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Tajikistan)">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Forces_(Thailand)" title="Chief of Defence Forces (Thailand)">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Turkmenistan)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Turkmenistan)">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_staff_(United_Arab_Emirates)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of staff (United Arab Emirates) (page does not exist)">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Uzbekistan)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Uzbekistan)">Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Vietnam)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Vietnam)">Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Staff_(Yemen)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Staff (Yemen) (page does not exist)">Yemen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">states with<br />limited recognition</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Republic_of_China)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Republic of China)">Republic of China (Taiwan)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Democratic Kampuchea</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_General_Headquarters" title="Imperial General Headquarters">Imperial Japan</a></li> <li>Mengjiang</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Manchukuo" title="Politics of Manchukuo">Manchukuo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Joint_General_Staff_(South_Vietnam)" title="Chief of the Joint General Staff (South Vietnam)">South Vietnam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Albania)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Albania)">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Armenia)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Armenia)">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Austria)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Austria)">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces" title="General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Belarus" title="General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_(Belgium)" title="Chief of Defence (Belgium)">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiefs_of_Joint_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Chiefs of Joint Staff of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_(Bulgaria)" title="Chief of the Defence (Bulgaria)">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Croatia)" title="Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (Croatia)">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_National_Guard_General_Staff" title="Chief of the National Guard General Staff">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Czech_Republic)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Czech Republic)">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_(Denmark)" title="Chief of Defence (Denmark)">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Estonian_Defence_Forces" title="Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_(Finland)" title="Chief of Defence (Finland)">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(France)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (France)">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inspector_General_of_the_Bundeswehr" title="Inspector General of the Bundeswehr">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defense_Forces_(Georgia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Defense Forces (Georgia)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hellenic_National_Defence_General_Staff" title="Hellenic National Defence General Staff">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_General_Staff_(Hungary)" title="Chief of General Staff (Hungary)">Hungary</a></li> <li>Iceland</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Defence_Forces_(Ireland)" title="Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces (Ireland)">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Italy)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (Italy)">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Joint_Headquarters_(Latvia)" title="Commander of the Joint Headquarters (Latvia)">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_(Lithuania)" title="Chief of Defence (Lithuania)">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_(Luxembourg)" title="Chief of Defence (Luxembourg)">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Malta)" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Armed Forces (Malta)">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Moldova)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Moldova)">Moldova</a></li> <li>Monaco</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Montenegro)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Montenegro)">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_(Netherlands)" title="Chief of Defence (Netherlands)">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(North_Macedonia)" title="Chief of the General Staff (North Macedonia)">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_(Norway)" title="Chief of Defence (Norway)">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_General_Staff" title="Polish General Staff">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_General_Staff_(Portugal)" title="Armed Forces General Staff (Portugal)">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Romanian_General_Staff" title="Chief of the Romanian General Staff">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Russia)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Russia)">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Serbian_General_Staff" title="Chief of the Serbian General Staff">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Slovakia)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Slovakia)">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Slovenia)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Slovenia)">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Spain)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (Spain)">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Commander_of_the_Swedish_Armed_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Switzerland)" title="Chief of the Armed Forces (Switzerland)">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine" title="Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_Swiss_Guard" title="List of commanders of the Swiss Guard">Vatican</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">states with<br />limited recognition</a></th><td 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