In this rank, he worked as the Head of Ministry of National Defense Construction Real Estate Department, National Defense Construction Real Estate and NATO Infrastructure Department and 28th Peace Force Brigade Commander.

In this rank, he served as Chief of General Staff Engineering Department, Engineering School and Training Center, respectively, and in 2009 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and was appointed to the Commander of the 5th Corps.

After the 2016 military coup attempt, he was appointed as the acting Chief of the Turkish General Staff and[2] took on this post for a while.

[4] The governor of Istanbul stated that they were fighting against the coup with the police units and the First Army he commanded.

On July 9, 2018, he was appointed as the Land Forces Commander with the decree approved by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.