Şener Eruygur | |
Birth Date: | 1941 6, df=y |
Birth Place: | Erzurum, Turkey |
Death Place: | Istanbul, Turkey |
Resting Place: | Karacaahmet Cemetery |
Office: | General Commander of the Gendarmerie of Turkey |
Term Start: | 27 August 2002 |
Term End: | 26 August 2004 |
Predecessor: | Aytaç Yalman |
Successor: | Fevzi Türkeri |
Allegiance: | Turkey |
Branch: | Turkish Army |
Serviceyears: | 1960–2004 |
Rank: | 25px General |
Unit: | Army Aviation Corps |
Mehmet Şener Eruygur (17 June 1941 – 20 February 2023) was a Turkish army general. He was general commander of the gendarmerie from 2002 to 2004, and was later head of the Atatürk Thought Association. He graduated from the Turkish Military Academy in 1960.[1]
Eruygur was born on 17 June 1941.[2] He was one of those charged in the Ergenekon trials due to their alleged participation in the Sarıkız, Ayışığı, Yakamoz and Eldiven 2004 coup plans;[3] [4] [5] in August 2013 he was sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment.[6]
Eruygur was also accused of establishing the Republican Working Group (CÇG), an illegal organization similar to the Batı Çalışma Grubu (BÇG, West Working Group).[7]
Eruygur died on 20 February 2023, at the age of 81. He was buried one day later at Karacaahmet Cemetery.[8]