Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu
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Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu is a Turkish general who has been the 32nd and current chief of the General Staff since 5 August 2025. He previously served as the 53rd commander of the Turkish Land Forces from A
Bayraktaroğlu in 2021
Turkish Land Forces
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The Turkish Land Forces is the main branch of the Turkish Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. The army was formed on 8 November 1920, after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.
Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu
…a Turkish general who has been the 32nd and current chief of the General Staff since 5 August 2025. He previously served as the 53rd commander of the Turkish Land Forces from August 2023 to August 2025. Bayraktaroğlu was born in Artvin, Turkey on 9 March 1961. He obtained his graduation from Kuleli Military High School…
Commanders of the Turkish Army during the Turkish War of Independence
Turkish soldiers in a trench waiting for the order to attack with fixed bayonets on their rifles
German picture depicting the uniforms of the Turkish Army in World War II
Selimiye Barracks (1828) in Istanbul is the headquarters of the First Army of the Turkish Land Forces.