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  "ar": "متين غوراك ⁦(وُلد في 20 آب 1960 في كيزيلتبه بماردين)⁩ قائد عسكري تركي شغل رئاسة الأركان العامة الحادية والثلاثين من آب 2023 إلى آب 2025. ضابط مدفعية وطيار بري من أسرة تركمانية هاجرت من الموصل؛ قاد الجيش الثاني (2020–2023) وكان قبلها نائبًا لرئيس الأركان العامة.",
  "en": "Metin Gürak (born 20 August 1960 in Kızıltepe, Mardin) is a Turkish general who served as the 31st Chief of the General Staff from August 2023 to August 2025. An artillery officer and army aviator of Turkmen family origin, he commanded the Second Army (2020–2023) and had earlier served as deputy chief of the General Staff.",
  "ur": "متین گوراک ⁦(پیدائش 20 اگست 1960، قزل تپہ، ماردین)⁩ ترک جنرل ہیں جو اگست 2023 سے اگست 2025 تک جنرل اسٹاف کے 31ویں سربراہ رہے۔ وہ توپ خانے کے افسر اور بری ہوا باز ہیں، دوسری فوج کے کمانڈر (2020–2023) رہے۔"
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   "note": "Born 20 August 1960 in Kızıltepe, Mardin (all three articles and the Wikidata item agree). Kızıltepe has no place entity in the museum, so no born_in relation is written. The hijri year 1380 is a tabular derived conversion of the Gregorian date (derived: true).",
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    "value": "unknown",
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    "note": "No text read names a faith for Metin Gürak himself. The English, Turkish and Arabic articles are silent on his religion, and his Wikidata item carries no religion statement. His family's Turkmen origin in Mosul is ancestry, not attestation, and no text names a school or order for the man himself. The value is therefore unknown.",
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   "source": "English Wikipedia article 'Metin Gürak' revision 1378413865 of 4 October 2026; Turkish Wikipedia article 'Metin Gürak' revision 38308373 of 22 October 2026; Arabic Wikipedia article 'متين غوراك' revision 76080765 of 3 August 2026; Wikidata item Q61077277 revision 2527139010 of 4 August 2026 - each fetched live in-session on 2 November 2026 via the MediaWiki API, the QID grounded in the articles' own page properties, and every revision re-asserted identical on a second query. Correction to the brief's present-tense gloss: he is a former chief - all three articles date his tenure as the 31st chief of the General Staff from August 2023 to August 2025. No record or draft stub for him existed on origin/main when this record was built (checked by name fragments and by QID against origin/main on 2 November 2026).",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "ملخص",
     "markdown": "متين غوراك ⁦(وُلد سنة 1960)⁩ قائد عسكري تركي شغل رئاسة الأركان العامة الحادية والثلاثين من آب 2023 إلى آب 2025 {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-en} {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-ar}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "حياته",
     "markdown": "وُلد غوراك في 20 آب 1960 في كيزيلتبه بماردين، لأسرة تركمانية هاجرت من الموصل {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-en} {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-tr}. تخرج في الأكاديمية العسكرية التركية سنة 1981، ومدرسة المدفعية والصواريخ سنة 1982، ومدرسة طيران الجيش سنة 1985 فصار طيارًا بريًا، وأكمل دورة ضباط الأركان سنة 1990 {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-en} {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-ar}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "أعماله",
     "markdown": "خدم غوراك مساعدًا للملحق العسكري في مصر (1993–1995) وتولى مناصب قيادية، وقاد برتبة عميد اللواء المدرع الثاني ثم إدارة الاتصالات في هيئة الأركان العامة، مقدّمًا الإحاطات الأسبوعية للقوات المسلحة أثناء محاكمات إرغينكون وخطة المطرقة {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-en} {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-ar}. رُقّي إلى لواء سنة 2010 فصار عميد الأكاديمية العسكرية وقائد طيران الجيش؛ وبرتبة فريق قاد الفيلق الرابع وقيادة التدريب والعقيدة ورئاسة أركان القوات البرية، ثم نائب رئيس الأركان العامة (2018–2020) {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-en}. وفي ليلة محاولة انقلاب 15 تموز 2016 نفّذ الأوامر بإيقاف تحركات الدبابات ومنع إقلاع طائرات الجيش {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-ar}. رُقّي إلى فريق أول سنة 2020 وقاد الجيش الثاني حتى 16 آب 2023 حين خلف يشار غولر رئيسًا للأركان العامة الحادي والثلاثين، وبقي في المنصب حتى آب 2025 {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-en} {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-ar}. لا يسمي أي نص مقروء لهذا السجل دينًا لغوراك نفسه، ولذلك سُجل دينه غير معروف {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-en} {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-tr} {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-ar} {cite:wikidata-metin-gurak}."
    },
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     "heading": "المصادر",
     "markdown": "- {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-en}\n- {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-tr}\n- {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-ar}\n- {cite:wikidata-metin-gurak}"
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     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Metin Gürak (born 1960) is a Turkish general who served as the 31st Chief of the General Staff from August 2023 to August 2025 {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-en} {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-ar}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Life",
     "markdown": "Gürak was born on 20 August 1960 in Kızıltepe, Mardin, into a Turkmen family that had emigrated from Mosul {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-en} {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-tr}. 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 {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-en} {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-ar}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Work",
     "markdown": "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 {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-en} {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-ar}. 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) {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-en}. On the night of the 15 July 2016 coup attempt he acted on orders to halt tank movements and ground army aircraft {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-ar}. 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 {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-en} {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-ar}. No text read for this record names a faith for Gürak himself, so his faith is recorded as unknown {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-en} {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-tr} {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-ar} {cite:wikidata-metin-gurak}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Sources",
     "markdown": "- {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-en}\n- {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-tr}\n- {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-ar}\n- {cite:wikidata-metin-gurak}"
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     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "متین گوراک (پیدائش 1960) ترک جنرل ہیں جو اگست 2023 سے اگست 2025 تک جنرل اسٹاف کے 31ویں سربراہ رہے {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-en} {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-ar}۔"
    },
    {
     "heading": "زندگی اور کام",
     "markdown": "گوراک 20 اگست 1960 کو قزل تپہ، ماردین میں موصل سے مہاجر ترکمان خاندان میں پیدا ہوئے {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-en} {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-tr}۔ انھوں نے 1981 میں ترک ملٹری اکیڈمی سے گریجویشن کی اور توپ خانے و بری ہوا بازی کی تربیت حاصل کی {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-en}۔ وہ مصر میں نائب فوجی اتاشی رہے، ملٹری اکیڈمی کے ڈین اور بری ہوا بازی کے کمانڈر بنے، نائب چیف آف جنرل اسٹاف (2018–2020) رہے، اور 2020 میں دوسری فوج کی کمان سنبھالی {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-en}۔ 16 اگست 2023 کو وہ یشار گولر کے جانشین کے طور پر چیف آف جنرل اسٹاف بنے اور اگست 2025 تک اس منصب پر رہے {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-en} {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-ar}۔ اس ریکارڈ کے لیے پڑھے گئے کسی متن میں ان کے اپنے مذہب کا نام نہیں ملتا، اس لیے ان کا مذہب غیر معلوم درج ہے {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-en} {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-tr} {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-ar} {cite:wikidata-metin-gurak}۔"
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     "heading": "مآخذ",
     "markdown": "- {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-en}\n- {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-tr}\n- {cite:wikipedia-metin-gurak-ar}\n- {cite:wikidata-metin-gurak}"
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