Hulusi Akar
| Hulusi Akar | |
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| 29th Chief of the General Staff | |
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Assumed office 18 August 2015 |
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| President | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Preceded by | Necdet Özel |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
12 March 1952 Kayseri, Turkey |
| Awards | See below |
| Military service | |
| Nickname(s) | "Seri Paşa" |
| Allegiance |
 Turkey
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| Service/branch | Turkish Armed Forces |
| Years of service | 1973–present |
| Rank |
 General
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| Commands |
Chief of the General Staff Commander of Land Forces Deputy Chief of the General Staff 3rd Land Forces Corps Land Forces Logistics Command Land Forces General Staff College Command Military Academy Command Chief of Plans and Policy Internal Security Brigade Command Chief of Public Information |
| Battles/wars |
Bosnian War ISAF Coalition Kosovo War Turkey-PKK conflict Turkey-ISIL conflict Operation Shah Euphrates Turco-Russian confrontation Operation Euphrates Shield |
Hulusi Akar (born 17 January 1952) is a four-star Turkish Armed Forces general. He is currently serving as the 29th Chief of the General Staff. Akar is the highest-ranking military officer in the Turkish Armed Forces. After the President and the Ministry of National Defence, he has the highest command on all service branches of the Turkish Armed Forces including the Land Forces, Air Force and Navy. Akar has experience as a brigade commander in various NATO engagements including ISAF, Operation Deliberate Force during the Bosnian War and the Kosovo Force during the Kosovo War.
Akar was born in 1952 in Kayseri, Turkey. He graduated from the Turkish Military Academy in 1972 and the Turkish Infantry School in 1973. In 1975 he attended Queen's University Belfast for postgraduate studies in International Diplomacy.
Akar served as a company commander, section chief and branch chief at various units and headquarters including the Turkish General Staff. He also served as an instructor at the Army Command and Staff College and was posted abroad as a staff officer in the intelligence division in HQ AFSOUTH / Naples, ltaly between 1990 and 1993. From 1993 until 1994, he was the Military Assistant to the Land Forces Commander, also served as the Chief Public Information Officer. Later on, he continued this assignment for the Commander of the Turkish Armed Forces between the years of 1994-1997. He was subsequently posted as the Commander of the Turkish Brigade - Zenica/Bosnia from 1997 until 1998.
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