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President Erdoğan’s decree appoints new police chiefs in 39 provinces
A decree signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appointed new provincial police chiefs in 39 provinces. The decree also made new appointments to 11 directorates and deputy directorates at the central organization of the General Directorate of Security.
The provincial police chiefs of 39 provinces were changed under the Police Chiefs Decree signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The decree also made senior appointments and new assignments at the General Directorate of Security.
Appointments at the General Directorate of Security
Emrullah Gölcük, head of the Security Department of the General Directorate of Security; İsmail Hakkı Günay, head of the Witness Protection Department; and chief police inspectors Ali Karabağ and Selçuk Doğuş were appointed deputy directors general of security. Onur Karaburun, Erzurum’s provincial police chief, became head of the Private Security Oversight Department.
Deputy Director General of Security Mahmut Çorumlu; Afyonkarahisar Provincial Police Chief Ahmet Birtan Erol; Amasya Provincial Police Chief Ayhan Saraç; Aydın Provincial Police Chief Armağan Adnan Erdoğan; Balıkesir Provincial Police Chief Şükrü Yaman; Bartın Provincial Police Chief Hüseyin Adatepe; Bitlis Provincial Police Chief Koray Şensoy; Burdur Provincial Police Chief Ahmet Kurt; and Çorum Provincial Police Chief Arif Pehlivan were reassigned to the General Directorate of Security.
As part of the same decree, Denizli Provincial Police Chief Yavuz Sağdıç, Diyarbakır Provincial Police Chief Nurettin Gökduman, Erzincan Provincial Police Chief Zafer Baybaba, Hatay Provincial Police Chief Rüştü Yılmaz, Iğdır Provincial Police Chief Niyazi Turgay, İzmir Provincial Police Chief Celal Sel, Kahramanmaraş Provincial Police Chief Hasan Yiğit, Karabük Provincial Police Chief Ahmet Canver, Kayseri Provincial Police Chief Atanur Aydın, Kırklareli Provincial Police Chief Sinan Çamuroğlu, Kilis Provincial Police Chief Ahmet Korkmaz, Muş Provincial Police Chief Melih Kuzudişli, Rize Provincial Police Chief Murat Türesin, Sinop Provincial Police Chief Sibel Kılıçoğlu, Şırnak Provincial Police Chief Volkan Sazak and Yalova Provincial Police Chief Yılmaz Delen were also reassigned to the General Directorate of Security.
New appointments to lead police departments in 39 provinces
Under the decree, Batman Provincial Police Chief İbrahim Kaba was appointed to Zonguldak, Bayburt Provincial Police Chief Barış Erkol to Çorum, Bingöl Provincial Police Chief Beyti Kalaycı to Kahramanmaraş, Çankırı Provincial Police Chief Aytekin Canıtez to Van, Gaziantep Provincial Police Chief Celal Özcan to Kocaeli and Gümüşhane Provincial Police Chief İsmail Karasakal to Rize.
Kocaeli Provincial Police Chief Faruk Karaduman was appointed to Aydın, Kütahya Provincial Police Chief Osman Elbir to Çankırı, Mardin Provincial Police Chief Recep Tecimer to Sinop, Nevşehir Provincial Police Chief Serkan Karaman to Balıkesir, Samsun Provincial Police Chief Ahmet Arıbaş to İzmir, Tokat Provincial Police Chief Faruk Aydın to Samsun, Van Provincial Police Chief Murat Mutlu to Diyarbakır and Zonguldak Provincial Police Chief Sinan Ergen to Kayseri.
Serdar Büyükleblebici, head of the Department of Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime, was appointed Gaziantep provincial police chief; Ali Süllü, head of the Personnel Department, was appointed Denizli provincial police chief; Gökhan Demirtola, head of the Foreign Relations Department, was appointed Afyonkarahisar provincial police chief; and Yusuf Topcan, head of the Counterterrorism Department, was appointed Yalova provincial police chief.
Chief police inspector Ali Erkan Aktaşgül became Amasya provincial police chief; Bülent Gürcan became Bartın provincial police chief; Yusuf Fatih Atay became Batman provincial police chief; Ayhan Karaduman became Bayburt provincial police chief; Mehmet Darendeli became Bingöl provincial police chief; Hikmet Ataman became Bitlis provincial police chief; Gökhan Dedebağı became Burdur provincial police chief; Esat Feryadi Doköz became Erzincan provincial police chief; Mahmut Ay became Erzurum provincial police chief; Mehmet Yüksel became Gümüşhane provincial police chief; Nihat Özen became Hatay provincial police chief; Eraslan Er became Iğdır provincial police chief; Osman Tınmazol became Karabük provincial police chief; Mustafa Çakır became Kırklareli provincial police chief; Arslan Bağrıaçık became Kilis provincial police chief; and Arif Hakan Tandoğan became Kütahya provincial police chief.
Mustafa Varol was appointed Mardin provincial police chief, Cemal Dalman Muş provincial police chief, Sinan Dallı Nevşehir provincial police chief, Yavuz Doğan Şırnak provincial police chief and Kenan Şengül Tokat provincial police chief.
New assignments at the central organization
Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi thanked the police chiefs who completed their duties under the decree and wished success to the newly appointed police chiefs and those whose posts had changed. Çiftçi said the Police Organization would continue working for the nation’s peace and the country’s security.
Under the new assignments, Rüştü Yılmaz became head of the Department of Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime, Adnan Özdemir head of the Department of Counter-Narcotics, Hüseyin Ediz Tercanoğlu head of the Special Operations Department and Murat Türesin head of the Personnel Department.
Nihat Uzun was appointed head of the Information Technologies and Communications Department, Turgay Olgun head of the Foreign Relations Department, Fatih Tatlıoğlu head of the Security Department, Oykun İlgün head of the Department of Cybercrime, Beyhan Gürbüz deputy head of the Social Services and Health Department, Aydın Uğurlu head of the Witness Protection Department and Salih Gözüm head of the Counterterrorism Department.
General Director of Security Ali Fidan also wished success to the police chiefs appointed to new positions or transferred under the decree and thanked serving personnel for their service.
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