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Bir Türk deniz subayının kaderi, Yunanistan/Kıbrıs konusu ve bu konunun yarattığı deniz sorunları ile uğraşmakla şekillenmiştir denirse, doğru bir tespit yapılmış olur. Cem Gürdeniz Amiral, bu kitabın girişinde, doğumundan günümüze kadar kendi yaşamı ile Yunanistan/Kıbrıs sorunları arasındaki kader bağlantısını özlü bir şekilde özetlemiş...
Mustafa Özbey
(E) Amiral
Mustafa Özbey
(E) Amiral
462 pages, Paperback
Published February 4, 2021
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Cem Gürdeniz
14 books18 followersBorn in Istanbul on 24 March 1958, Cem Gürdeniz completed his primary education at Sarıyer Pertevniyal Primary School in 1969, after which he continued his secondary education as a boarding student at Haydarpaşa High School. In 1972, he was admitted to the Turkish Naval High School.
In 1979, he graduated from the Turkish Naval Academy, Department of International Relations, and began serving as a Naval Ensign, working as a deck officer aboard naval vessels. Between 1983 and 1985, he completed a master’s degree in “Manpower, Personnel, and Education” at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, and served at the Turkish Naval Forces Command in Ankara until 1987.
From 1987 to 1989, he completed his studies at the Naval War College and was appointed as a Staff Captain and Operations Officer aboard the destroyer TCG Gayret. During this assignment, he was selected in 1991 for an overseas post at NATO SHAPE Headquarters in Belgium, where he also earned a master’s degree in International Politics at Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in Brussels.
While serving as Executive Officer of the destroyer TCG Yücetepe between 1994 and 1995, he was assigned to Norfolk, USA, to oversee the transfer of the frigate TCG Gaziantep from the United States to Türkiye. Due to delays caused by international complications during the transfer process, he returned to Türkiye in 1996 and was assigned to the Operations Department of the Naval Forces Command. In 1997, he transferred TCG Gaziantep from Charleston, USA, to Türkiye as Executive Officer, and in 1998 he was appointed Commander of the same ship. Following his command, which continued until August 1999, he was appointed as Special Secretary to the Commander of the Turkish Naval Forces, a position he held until 2001.
Subsequently, he served as Head of the Treaties Branch of the Naval Forces Plans and Principles Department until August 2002, and as Commodore of the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla of the Naval Fleet until August 2003.
During his tenure as Head of the Strategy Department within the Naval Forces Plans and Principles Department between 2003 and 2004, he was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral on 30 August 2004, a position he held until 2005. Upon completing his term as Head of the Naval Forces Plans and Principles Department between 2005 and 2007, he was appointed Commander of the Amphibious Ships Command. At the conclusion of this assignment, he was promoted to Vice Admiral in 2008 and appointed Commander of the Mine Fleet.
Between 2009 and 2011, he once again served as Head of the Naval Forces Plans and Principles Department. On 11 February 2011, he was arrested on fabricated evidence in the so-called Balyoz (Sledgehammer) Case and sentenced to 18 years in prison. He regained his freedom following the Constitutional Court’s retrial decision on 19 June 2014.
Fluent in English and French, Cem Gürdeniz published 22 articles in the Naval Forces Journal between 1979 and 2005. He is the author of Turkish Naval Forces Handbook 2000, the English–Turkish and Turkish–English Naval Terminology Dictionary, The Republican Navy (Prestige Book), Towards the High Seas: Naval Forces (Prestige Book), The Navy Under Target (Kırmızı Kedi Publishing), and Emergency Navigation for Amateur Seafarers (Kırmızı Kedi Publishing). He also writes a weekly column titled “Mavi Vatan” (Blue Homeland) for the newspaper Aydınlık. Between 2003 and 2010, he presented papers at nearly 30 international conferences abroad, primarily on maritime security in the Black Sea.
He is married to Rengin Gürdeniz; he is the father of Ülkem (Gürdeniz) Suntay and Ege Gürdeniz, the father-in-law of Can Suntay, and the grandfather of Bora Suntay. He is a ship model maker, sailor, and swimmer.
In 1979, he graduated from the Turkish Naval Academy, Department of International Relations, and began serving as a Naval Ensign, working as a deck officer aboard naval vessels. Between 1983 and 1985, he completed a master’s degree in “Manpower, Personnel, and Education” at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, and served at the Turkish Naval Forces Command in Ankara until 1987.
From 1987 to 1989, he completed his studies at the Naval War College and was appointed as a Staff Captain and Operations Officer aboard the destroyer TCG Gayret. During this assignment, he was selected in 1991 for an overseas post at NATO SHAPE Headquarters in Belgium, where he also earned a master’s degree in International Politics at Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in Brussels.
While serving as Executive Officer of the destroyer TCG Yücetepe between 1994 and 1995, he was assigned to Norfolk, USA, to oversee the transfer of the frigate TCG Gaziantep from the United States to Türkiye. Due to delays caused by international complications during the transfer process, he returned to Türkiye in 1996 and was assigned to the Operations Department of the Naval Forces Command. In 1997, he transferred TCG Gaziantep from Charleston, USA, to Türkiye as Executive Officer, and in 1998 he was appointed Commander of the same ship. Following his command, which continued until August 1999, he was appointed as Special Secretary to the Commander of the Turkish Naval Forces, a position he held until 2001.
Subsequently, he served as Head of the Treaties Branch of the Naval Forces Plans and Principles Department until August 2002, and as Commodore of the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla of the Naval Fleet until August 2003.
During his tenure as Head of the Strategy Department within the Naval Forces Plans and Principles Department between 2003 and 2004, he was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral on 30 August 2004, a position he held until 2005. Upon completing his term as Head of the Naval Forces Plans and Principles Department between 2005 and 2007, he was appointed Commander of the Amphibious Ships Command. At the conclusion of this assignment, he was promoted to Vice Admiral in 2008 and appointed Commander of the Mine Fleet.
Between 2009 and 2011, he once again served as Head of the Naval Forces Plans and Principles Department. On 11 February 2011, he was arrested on fabricated evidence in the so-called Balyoz (Sledgehammer) Case and sentenced to 18 years in prison. He regained his freedom following the Constitutional Court’s retrial decision on 19 June 2014.
Fluent in English and French, Cem Gürdeniz published 22 articles in the Naval Forces Journal between 1979 and 2005. He is the author of Turkish Naval Forces Handbook 2000, the English–Turkish and Turkish–English Naval Terminology Dictionary, The Republican Navy (Prestige Book), Towards the High Seas: Naval Forces (Prestige Book), The Navy Under Target (Kırmızı Kedi Publishing), and Emergency Navigation for Amateur Seafarers (Kırmızı Kedi Publishing). He also writes a weekly column titled “Mavi Vatan” (Blue Homeland) for the newspaper Aydınlık. Between 2003 and 2010, he presented papers at nearly 30 international conferences abroad, primarily on maritime security in the Black Sea.
He is married to Rengin Gürdeniz; he is the father of Ülkem (Gürdeniz) Suntay and Ege Gürdeniz, the father-in-law of Can Suntay, and the grandfather of Bora Suntay. He is a ship model maker, sailor, and swimmer.
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