Şener Eruygur

Şener Eruygur

General Commander of the Gendarmerie of Turkey
In office 27 August 2002 – 26 August 2004
Preceded by	Aytaç Yalman
Succeeded by	Fevzi Türkeri
Personal details
Born	17 June 1941 Erzurum
Military service
Allegiance	Turkey
Service/branch	Turkish Army
Years of service	1962-2004
Rank	General
Unit	Army Aviation Corps

Mehmet Şener Eruygur (born 17 June 1941, in Erzurum) is a former Turkish general. He was General Commander of the Gendarmerie of Turkey from 2002 to 2004, and was later head of the Atatürk Thought Association. Eruygur was one of those charged in the Ergenekon trials with being involved with the Sarıkız, Ayışığı, Yakamoz and Eldiven 2004 coup plans; in August 2013 he was sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment.

Eruygur is also accused of founding the Republican Working Group (CÇG), an illegal organization similar to the Batı Çalışma Grubu (BÇG, West Working Group).

He graduated from the Turkish Military Academy in 1960.