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President Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Signed the Resolutions of the Supreme Military Council
04.08.2021Photos of the News
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1. In the ordinary meeting of the Supreme Military Council of 2021, which was held under the Presidency of our President, Mr. Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN, at the Presidential Complex on 04 August 2021, from the generals/admirals and colonels in the Turkish Armed Forces;
a) They will be promoted to a higher rank,
b) The term of office will be extended,
c) Discussing the situations of those who will be retired due to "lack of staff",
The decision was made with the approval of our President, Mr. Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN.
2. Effective from 30 August 2021;
a) 17 generals and admirals were promoted to a higher rank, and 56 colonels were promoted to generals and admirals.
b) The terms of office of 44 generals and admirals were extended for one year, while the terms of office of 320 colonels were extended for two years.
c) 1 general was retired from 01 September 2021 due to the age limit, 29 generals and admirals were retired from 30 August 2021 due to "lack of staff".
ç) Since the Commander of the Land Forces, General Ümit DÜNDAR, was retired due to the age limit, the Commander of the 1st Army, Gen. Musa AVSEVER, was appointed as the Commander of the Land Forces.
d) It has been decided to extend the terms of office of Air Forces Commander Gen. Hasan KÜÇÜKAKYÜZ and Naval Forces Commander Admiral Adnan ÖZBAL by one year.
e) The number of generals and admirals, which is currently 240, will increase to 266 as of 30 August 2021.
3. Effective from 30 August 2021;
a) Lieutenant General Selçuk BAYRAKTAROĞLU and Ali SIVRI from the Land Forces Command were promoted to the rank of General, Major General Levent ERGÜN and Metin TOKEL were promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General, Rear Admiral Kadir YILDIZ was promoted to the Vice Admiralty from the Chief of Staff, and Major General Rafet DALKIRAN was promoted to the Lieutenant General from the Turkish Army.
b) Brigadier Generals Ilkay ALTINDAĞ, Sebahattin KILINÇ, Gültekin YARALI, Rafet KILIÇ, Fedai ÜNSAL, Tuncay ALTUĞ, Rasim YALDIZ and Aydın Cihan UZUN from the Land Forces Command; Rear Admiral Yalçın PAYAL and Hasan ÖZYURT from the Naval Forces Command; Brigadier General Orhan GÜRDAL from Air Forces Command was promoted to Major General.
4. We wish that the new ranks and duties of generals, admirals and colonels who have been promoted to a higher rank and whose terms of duty have been extended will be beneficial to our Nation, State, Armed Forces and their families.
5. We would like to thank the generals, admirals and colonels, who will retire after completing their term of office with great devotion and honor, for their services, and hope that the new period of their lives will bring health and happiness with their families.
SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL
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