EÅŸref UÄŸur YiÄŸit

Eşref Uğur Yiğit ( born 1945 in Istanbul ) is a former Turkish admiral, who was most recently 2009-2011 Commander in Chief of the Naval Forces ( Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri ).

Life

After attending primary and secondary school in Istanbul Yiğit occurred in 1959 in the Seekadettenanstalt ( Deniz Lisesi ) and graduated in 1964 the Naval School ( Deniz Harp Okulu ) from. He subsequently was used on various warships before he graduated from 1975 to 1977, the Naval Academy ( Deniz Harp Akademisi ).

After he was first officer in the Department of National Planning and organization of the High Command of the naval forces and then planning officer at NATO and then an officer in the Operations Division of the Minenflottille. After he was vice commander of the destroyer minelayer TCG Muavenet (DM -357 ), he was head of the surgery department at the high command of the naval forces and was followed from 1982 to 1985 surgical planning officer in command of the Allied Naval Forces Southern Europe ( NAVSOUTH ). After one year of use as commander of the destroyer TCG Yücetepe (D -345 ) between 1986 and 1989 he was head of the planning department in the high command of the naval forces and the Staff of the Destroyer then until 1990, boss. Then was deputy commodore of Destroyer and head of the surgery department at the Fleet Command.

After promotion to Rear Admiral in 1992 Yiğit commander of the Naval Academy and remained in this position until 1994. Subsequently he was again active in the headquarters of NAVSOUTH and there until 1996 Head of the Planning and Policy Department and then commander of the naval forces of the Dardanelles.

On August 30, 1997 he was promoted to Rear Admiral. As such, he was made ​​head of the logistics department of the High Command of the naval forces and following 1999-2001 commander of the minelayer associations, before he became head of the monitoring and evaluation department in the high command of the naval forces.

2002 Yiğit was promoted to Vice Admiral and was initially limited to his previous post. After that, he was from 2003 to 2005 Chief of Staff of the High Command of the naval forces and was subsequently commander of the Naval Command North ( Kuzey Deniz Saha Komutanlığı ), which is responsible among other things for the Marmara Sea, Black Sea, the Bosporus and Dardanelles.

After he had been promoted on 30 August 2007 to the Admiral, he was commander in chief of the fleet commands ( donanma Komutanlığı ), which includes among others, the minelayer, U - boat, storm boot, mine countermeasures vessel, logistic support and naval aviation associations.

30 August 2009 Admiral Yiğit was eventually to succeed Admiral Metin Ataç commander in chief of the naval forces, and held this position until his retirement on 29 July 2011. Successor as Supreme Commander of the Navy was Admiral Emin Murat Bilgel, who in 2009 Yiğits successor had become as Commander in Chief of the fleet Command.