Can Erenoğlu

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Abdullah Can Erenoğlu (* 1953 in Istanbul ) is a former Turkish vice admiral who was, among other things, commander in chief of the coast guard ( Türk Sahil Güvenlik Komutanlığı ) between 2005 and 2008 . In the course of the alleged Balyoz putsch plans of the Turkish armed forces , he was arrested in 2010 and sentenced to 18 years imprisonment in 2012, but released from prison in 2014 following a decision by the Constitutional Court .

Life

Training and employment as a naval officer

After attending school in 1967, Erenoğlu entered the sea cadet institute ( Deniz Lisesi ) and then completed an officer training at the naval school ( Harp Okulu ), which he completed in 1973. He was then used between 1973 and 1982 on various ships and command posts of the Navy ( Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri ), for example as an electronics officer on the Fletcher class destroyer TCG İzmit (D 342) and as a system and section officer on a submarine . After graduating from the Naval Academy ( Deniz Harp Akademisi ) between 1982 and 1984 , he initially served as first officer from 1984 to 1986 on the Ay class, which was built at the Gölcük naval shipyard ( Gölcük Tersanesi ) and launched on November 16, 1983. Submarine TCG Doğanay (S-351) , of which he was then commander for five years until 1991.

In the meantime, Erenoğlu graduated from the Academy of Armed Forces ( Silahlı Kuvetler Akademisi ) in 1990 and between 1991 and 1993 was an officer for NATO projects in the basic planning department of the General Staff of Turkey and from 1993 to 1995 a military attaché at the embassy in India . After his return he was in command of the training regiment of the naval school between 1995 and 1996 and chief of the staff of the submarine fleet from 1996 to 1997. After serving between 1997 and 1998 as a commodore of the 1st submarine flotilla, he was head of the military representation in Greece from 1998 to 1999 , before he was head of the strength planning subdivision in the basic planning department of the naval command between 1999 and 2001.

Promotion to Vice Admiral

On August 30, 2001, Erenoğlu was promoted to Flotilla Admiral ( Tuğamiral ) and from 2001 to 2003 he took over the post of Head of the General Planning Subdivision in the Ministry of National Defense ( Millî Savunma Bakanlığı ) and then in 2003 and 2005 as Commander of the Submarine Fleet ( Denizaltı Filosu Komutanlığı ).

As the successor to Rear Admiral Engin Heper Erenoğlu was on August 12, 2002 Supreme Commander of the Coast Guard ( Turk Sahil Güvenlik Komutanlığı ). In this role, he was promoted to Rear Admiral ( Tümamiral ) on August 30, 2005, and he held this position until he was replaced by Rear Admiral Atilla Kezek on August 12, 2008. From 2008 to 2009 he was in command of the Naval Academy.

After his promotion to Vice Admiral ( Koramiral ) on August 30, 2009 Erenoğlu took over the post of Commander of the Training and Training Command of the Navy ( Deniz Eğitim ve Öğretim Komutanı ) in Beylerbeyi , to which the Navy School in Tuzla , the Navy NCOs School ( Deniz Astsubayk Meslek okulu ) in Karamürsel that Seekadettenanstalt in Heybeliada , the training center in Karamürsel ( Karamürselbey Eğitim Merkezi Komutanlığı ), the training center in Gölcük ( Yıldızlar Suüstü Eğitim Merkezi Komutanlığı ) as well as the training center in Derince ( Derince Eğitim Merkezi Komutanlığı ) belong.

In February 2010 Erenoğlu was arrested in the course of the so-called Balyoz investigation. In an article in the daily Taraf on January 20, 2010 by Mehmet Baransu, Yıldıray Oğur and Yasemin Çongar it was alleged that the aim of the group was to overthrow the 58th government of the Republic of Turkey , which was in office from November 18, 2002 to March 14, 2003 . The plan is said to have been worked out in the staff of the 1st Army . Dozens of generals and officers were arrested. On September 21, 2012, the Tenth Grand Chamber for Serious Crimes in Istanbul delivered its verdict at the 108th session of the trial known as Balyoz (Sledgehammer). Of the 365 defendants, 250 of them in custody, 81 became more difficult in life under Article 147 of the old Turkish Criminal Law (TSG) with the number 765 because of an attempt to prevent the government of the Turkish Republic from exercising its office by force Sentenced to prison. The sentences against the main defendants Çetin Doğan , Özden Örnek and İbrahim Fırtına were reduced to 20 years imprisonment according to Article 61/1 of the old TSG. For 78 defendants, including Erenoğlu, the court reduced the sentences to 18 years in prison under the same provisions. On June 19, 2014, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Turkey found that the rights of the accused had been violated in these trials and ordered the immediate release of the accused. On March 31, 2015, all 236 suspects were acquitted. Previously used evidence was found to be falsified.

Can Erenoğlu, who is married to Serap Erenoğlu and has three sons, speaks English as well as Turkish .

Web links

  • Entry on the Coast Guard homepage
  • Entry in Kim Kimdir? (Who is who?)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b TURKEY Suspected coup leads to arrests. Die Welt , accessed on February 28, 2010 .
  2. ^ Coup plans in Turkey: Half a revolution. The time , accessed February 28, 2010 .
  3. ↑ Coup plans, arrests, crisis summit. Deutschlandradio , accessed on February 28, 2010 .
  4. ↑ a b c See the German monthly report of the Democratic Turkey Forum (DTF) for September 2012 or a detailed report in Turkish in the daily newspaper Radikal of September 21, 2012 ; Accessed on September 22, 2012
  5. ↑ Flaş! Balyozda tüm sanıklara tahliye! . In: Milliyet of June 19, 2014
  6. ↑ Case "Balyoz": Court overturns verdict against more than 200 coup suspects . In: German-Turkish News from April 1, 2015
  7. ^ Doğan News Agency: 236 acquitted in Balyoz coup case . Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Erenoğlu, Can
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Erenoğlu, Abdullah Can (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish Vice Admiral
DATE OF BIRTH 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Istanbul