Metin Gürak

Metin Gürak (born 1960) is a Turkish general who served as the 31st Chief of the General Staff from August 2023 to August 2025 ^{1 2}.

Gürak was born on 20 August 1960 in Kızıltepe, Mardin, into a Turkmen family that had emigrated from Mosul ^{1 3}. He graduated from the Turkish Military Academy in 1981, the Artillery and Missile School in 1982 and the Army Aviation School in 1985, qualifying as an army aviator, and completed the staff officer course in 1990 ^{1 2}.

Gürak served as deputy military attaché in Egypt (1993-1995), held headquarters posts, and as a brigadier general commanded the 2nd Armored Brigade and then the General Staff's communication department, giving the armed forces' weekly briefings during the Ergenekon and Sledgehammer trials ^{1 2}. Promoted major general in 2010, he was dean of the Military Academy and commanded army aviation; as lieutenant general he commanded the 4th Corps and the Training and Doctrine Command and was chief of staff of the Land Forces, then deputy chief of the General Staff (2018-2020) ¹. On the night of the 15 July 2016 coup attempt he acted on orders to halt tank movements and ground army aircraft ². Promoted general in 2020, he commanded the Second Army until 16 August 2023, when he succeeded Yaşar Güler as the 31st Chief of the General Staff, a post he held until August 2025 ^{1 2}. No text read for this record names a faith for Gürak himself, so his faith is recorded as unknown ^{1 3 2 4}.

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