Metin Gürak

General Metin Gürak (born 20 August 1960) is a Turkish general who served as the 31st chief of the Turkish General Staff from August 2023 to August 2025. He also served as commander of the Second Army.

Early life and education Gürak was born on 20 August 1960 at Kızıltepe, Mardin. He graduated the Turkish Military Academy in 1981 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant upon graduation. Gürak also entered the Artillery and Missile School (Turkish: Topçu ve Füze Okulu) in 1982, the School of Army Aviation in 1985, where he became a certified army aviator, and completed the Staff Officer Course at the Land War Institute of the National Defense University in 1990.