Ozlem Yilmaz becomes Turkey’s first-ever female general

Ankara : For the first time in the history of the Turkish armed forces, Ozlem Yilmaz has announced as female general on August 13, Anadolu Agency reported.
Ozlem Yılmaz was appointed by the decision of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Ozlem was promoted from the rank of colonel to brigadier general. She will occupy the position of Vice President of the gendarmerie and coast guard academy in the general command of the Turkish gendarmerie forces.
Prior to that, major general Ozlem Yilmaz was the head of the directorate for combating domestic violence and the children’s division of the gendarmerie general command.
Ozlem obtained the rank of first major general after she moved between a number of rural areas with teams to combat domestic violence and support children, where she made great efforts to prevent violence against women.
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