Cihat Yaycı
{{short description|Turkish admiral, author and academician}}
{{Expand Turkish|topic=bio|Cihat Yaycı|date=May 2021}}
{{BLP sources|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = (R) Admiral Assoc. Prof.
| name = Cihat Yaycı
| image = Cihat Yaycı.jpg
| birth_date = April 29, 1966
| birth_place = Elazığ, Turkey
| nationality = Turkish
| partner = Müşerref Yaycı
| children = Baybars Yaycı
| occupation = Officer, scholar
| known_for = "Blue Homeland"; an irredentist and expansionist strategic doctrine{{efn|name=fn1}}
}}
Cihat Yaycı (born on 29 April 1966 in Elazığ{{Cite web|date=2020-06-14|title=Cihat Yaycı Kimdir ? - Cihat Yaycı Hayatı ve Biyografisi|url=https://www.haberler.com/cihat-yayci/biyografisi/|access-date=2020-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614030114/https://www.haberler.com/cihat-yayci/biyografisi/|archive-date=2020-06-14}}) is a Turkish author, former rear admiral, and theoretician of the irredentist and expansionist strategic doctrine known as "Blue Homeland".{{efn|name=fn1|See:{{cite web|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/opinion/comment/how-two-16th-century-pirates-inspired-erdogan-s-foreign-policy-1.1091730|title=How two 16th-century pirates inspired Erdogan's foreign policy|publisher=The National News|work=David Lepeska|date=14 October 2019 |access-date=30 November 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ekathimerini.com/257477/article/ekathimerini/news/turkish-presidency-releases-video-promoting-blue-homeland-doctrine|title=Turkish presidency releases video promoting Blue Homeland doctrine|publisher=Kathimerini |date=28 September 2020 |access-date=30 November 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://balkaninsight.com/2020/11/19/biden-and-erdogan-five-potential-flashpoints-in-us-turkish-relations/|title=Biden and Erdogan: Five Potential Flashpoints in US-Turkish Relations|publisher=Balkan Insight|work=Aykan Erdemir|date=19 November 2020|access-date=30 November 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1739061/middle-east|title=How Erodgan-led Turkey went from NATO ally to liability|publisher=Arab News|work=David Romano|date=4 September 2020|access-date=26 November 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/opinion/turkeys-unfinished-war-with-the-west-647605|title=Turkey's unfinished war with the West|publisher=Jerusalem Post|work=Simon Schofield|date=1 November 2020|access-date=26 November 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/vox/monde/nicolas-baverez-il-faut-arreter-recep-tayyip-erdogan-20201101|title=Nicolas Baverez: "Il faut arrêter Recep Tayyip Erdogan!"|publisher=Le Figaro|date=1 November 2020|access-date=26 November 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://balkaneu.com/fatih-again-in-the-cypriot-eez/|title=Fatih again in the Cypriot EEZ|work=BalkanEU|date=15 November 2019|access-date=26 October 2020|archive-date=1 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301230634/https://balkaneu.com/fatih-again-in-the-cypriot-eez/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://balkaneu.com/turkey-erdogan-dismisses-the-father-of-the-blue-homeland/|title=Turkey: Erdogan dismisses the "father of the Blue Homeland"|work=BalkanEU|date=16 May 2020|access-date=26 October 2020|archive-date=1 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301230633/https://balkaneu.com/turkey-erdogan-dismisses-the-father-of-the-blue-homeland/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/europe/blue-homeland-the-doctrine-behind-turkey-s-mediterranean-claims-1.1063591|title=Blue Homeland: the doctrine behind Turkey's Mediterranean claims|publisher=The National News|work=Andrew Wilks|date=14 August 2020 |access-date=26 November 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://ahvalnews.com/cihat-yayci/turkish-admirals-resignation-exposes-new-showdown-ankara|title=Turkish admiral's resignation exposes a new showdown in Ankara |publisher=Ahval News|work=Yavuz Baydar|date=20 May 2020 |access-date=26 November 2020}}{{Cite web|last=Alemdar|first=Ahmet|date=2020-07-25|title=Müstafi Tümamiral Cihat Yaycı'dan 'Mavi Vatan' Haritası|url=https://www.defenceturk.net/mustafi-tumamiral-cihat-yaycidan-mavi-vatan-haritasi|access-date=2020-12-09|website=DefenceTurk|language=tr}}.}}
Education
Cihat Yaycı born in Elazığ in 1966, entered the Naval High School in 1984. In 1988, he finished Naval Academy and graduated from the Naval War Academy in 2000 and the Joint Warfare Institute in 2003. He received a master's degree in business human resources management in English from Marmara University, and physics engineering and electronic engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and completed his doctorate in international relations from İstanbul University.{{Cite web|title=Cihat Yaycı|url=http://www.biyografya.com/biyografi/24466|access-date=2020-12-04|website=www.biyografya.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2020-07-17|title=Tümamiral Cihat Yaycı kimdir, neden istifa etti? - BBC News Türkçe|url=https://www.bbc.com/turkce/haberler-turkiye-52704556|access-date=2020-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717084910/https://www.bbc.com/turkce/haberler-turkiye-52704556|archive-date=2020-07-17}}{{Cite web|title=Cihat Yaycı kimdir, kaç yaşında, nereli? Tümamiral Cihat Yaycı istifa mı etti?|url=https://www.takvim.com.tr/guncel/2020/05/18/cihat-yayci-kimdir-kac-yasinda-nereli-tumamiral-cihat-yayci-istifa-mi-etti/3|access-date=2020-12-04|website=takvim.com.tr|language=tr}}
Career
Yaycı, worked as a branch officer and division chief on some ships under the Naval Forces Command, served as the commander of TCG Kemalreis between 2005 and 2006. After his duties as the second commander of TCG Yavuz and TCG Kemalreis. In 2011-2012, it became the 5th Destroyer Flotilla Commodore. Yaycı, who was promoted to Commodore on 30 August 2012, was appointed as Moscow military attaché in the same year. He assumed the duties of Southern Task Group Commander and Director of the Multinational Maritime Security Center of Excellence in 2014, and Commander of the Multinational Joint Warfare Center in 2015 and became rear admiral on 29 July 2016. Yaycı, who was appointed as the Personnel Head of the Naval Forces Command in the same year, was appointed as the Chief of Staff of the Naval Forces Command on 20 August 2017.
= Resignation =
On May 7, 2020, Cihat Yaycı was dismissed as the Chief of Staff of the Naval Forces Command and placed under the command of the General Staff with the decision of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan published in the Official Gazette. Upon this, Yaycı stated in his resignation petition that "his honor was damaged" and that he could not perform his profession as an Admiral who was dismissed by a conspiracy,{{Cite web|date=2020-05-24|title=İşte Tümamiral Cihat Yaycı'nın istifa dilekçesi! - Güncel haberler|url=https://www.sozcu.com.tr/2020/gundem/son-dakika-iste-tumamiral-cihat-yaycinin-istifa-dilekcesi-5822043/|access-date=2020-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524080509/https://www.sozcu.com.tr/2020/gundem/son-dakika-iste-tumamiral-cihat-yaycinin-istifa-dilekcesi-5822043/|archive-date=2020-05-24}} resigned from his post on 18 May 2020. He is currently the President of the Turk Maritime and Global Strategies Centre (Turk DEGS).{{Cite web|title=Yönetim Kurulu {{!}} BAUDEGS {{!}} Denizcilik ve Global Stratejiler Merkezi|url=https://baudegs.com/yonetim-kurulu/|access-date=2020-12-04|website=baudegs.com}}{{Cite web|date=2020-09-16|title=Tümamiral Yaycı'yı İstifaya Götüren Süreç Nasıl İlerledi?|url=https://www.amerikaninsesi.com/a/t%C3%BCmamiral-yayc%C4%B1-y%C4%B1-i%CC%87stifaya-g%C3%B6t%C3%BCren-s%C3%BCre%C3%A7-nas%C4%B1l-i%CC%87lerledi-/5426161.html|access-date=2020-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916201444/https://www.amerikaninsesi.com/a/t%C3%BCmamiral-yayc%C4%B1-y%C4%B1-i%CC%87stifaya-g%C3%B6t%C3%BCren-s%C3%BCre%C3%A7-nas%C4%B1l-i%CC%87lerledi-/5426161.html|archive-date=2020-09-16}}
= Works =
Cihat Yaycı was involved in Libya-Turkey maritime deal{{Cite journal|last=Yaycı|first=Cihat|date=2020-01-01|title=Türkiye-Libya Arasında İmzalanan Münhasır Ekonomik Bölge Andlaşmasının Sonuç ve Etkileri|url=https://kriterdergi.com/dosya/turkiye-ve-libya-arasindaki-anlasmanin-sonuc-ve-etkileri|journal=Kriter Dergi|language=tr}} and had developed a FETÖMETRE application with more than 350 criteria to determine the Gülen movement in the Turkish Armed Forces. With this application, he led to the discontinuation of about 4 thousand personnel of the Naval Forces Command.{{Cite web|last=EDSBILISIM|date=2020-08-17|title=Cihat Yaycı: FETÖMETRE'yi neden yaptım?|url=https://www.veryansintv.com/cihat-yayci-fetometreyi-neden-yaptim|access-date=2020-12-04|website=VeryansınTV|language=tr}}{{Cite web|title=Mahrem imamlar da FETÖMETRE ile çözüldü|url=https://www.sozcu.com.tr/2020/gundem/mahrem-imamlar-da-fetometre-ile-cozuldu-5873219/|access-date=2020-12-04|website=www.sozcu.com.tr|language=tr}}
Together with Cem Gürdeniz, Yaycı is known for contributing significantly to the irredentist and expansionist{{efn|name=fn1}} strategic doctrine known as "Blue Homeland".{{Cite news|title=Mavi Vatan nasıl doğdu? Doktrinin mimarları Cem Gürdeniz ve Cihat Yaycı anlatıyor|language=tr|work=BBC News Türkçe|url=https://www.bbc.com/turkce/haberler-turkiye-54096105|access-date=2020-12-04}}{{Cite web|date=2020-09-11|title=VİDEO- Mavi Vatan'ın mimarları Akdeniz'deki savaşı anlattı - VeryansınTV|url=https://www.veryansintv.com/video-mavi-vatanin-mimarlari-akdenizdeki-savasi-anlatti|access-date=2020-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911084319/https://www.veryansintv.com/video-mavi-vatanin-mimarlari-akdenizdeki-savasi-anlatti|archive-date=2020-09-11}} He wrote the main causes of the doctrine with his books Questions and Answers with Exclusive Economic Zone, Libya is Turkey's Neighbor from the Sea, Turkey and Sharing Struggle of the Eastern Mediterranean.
On 23 July 2020, Yaycı, suggested that the Aegean Sea is renamed to "Islands Sea" or "Northern Mediterranean" because Aegean is a Greek word.{{cite web|url=https://ahvalnews.com/aegean-sea/architect-turkeys-naval-expansion-doctrine-suggests-name-change-aegean-sea|title=Architect of Turkey's naval expansion doctrine suggests name change for Aegean Sea|publisher=Ahval News|date=23 July 2020|access-date=5 December 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thetoc.gr/diethni/article/prokalei-o-arxitektonas-tou-tourkolibukou-mnimoniou-allaxte-to-onoma-tou-aigaiou/|title=Cihat Yaycı: The architect of the Turkish-Libyan agreement provoces: Change the name of the Aegean Sea (original: Τζιχάτ Γιαϊτζί: Προκαλεί ο αρχιτέκτονας του τουρκολιβυκού μνημονίου - Αλλάξτε το όνομα του Αιγαίου)|publisher=TheTOC|date=23 July 2020|access-date=5 December 2020}}
Books
List of Books Yaycı wrote:{{Cite web|date=2020-02-28|title=Cihat Yaycı - kirmizikedi.com|url=https://www.kirmizikedi.com/kitap/kisi/182978|access-date=2020-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228121613/https://www.kirmizikedi.com/kitap/kisi/182978|archive-date=2020-02-28}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=amazon|url=https://www.amazon.com/Books-Cihat-Yayci/s?rh=n:283155,p_27:Cihat+Yayci|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-04|website=www.amazon.com}}
- Orta Doğu'nun Önemi ve Irak'ta Yaşanan Savaşlar (1990 - 2003)
- Sorular ve Cevaplar ile Münhasır Ekonomik Bölge
- Libya Türkiye'nin Denizden Komşusudur
- Doğu Akdeniz'in Paylaşım Mücadelesi ve Türkiye
- Yunanistan Talepleri Ege Sorunları Soru ve Cevaplarla