serviceyears branch commands predecessor birth_place president allegiance office birth_date term_start rank image article_title name
1972 -- present -lrb- 1972 1 1 years -rrb- turkish armed forces chief of the general staff commander of land forces necdet Özel kayseri , turkey recep tayyip erdoğan turkey 29th chief of the general staff 01 january 1952 18 august 2015 general hulusi akar -lrb- cropped version -rrb- . jpg hulusi akar
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hulusi akar

general hulusi akar -lrb- born january 1 , 1952 -rrb- is a turkish army general currently serving as the 29th chief of the general staff of the turkish armed forces .
he previously served as the commander of the turkish land forces .
