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PhD.Feyiz Erdoğan making a speech in Turkish - American Council (ATC)
meeting held in United States of America. At that
time I was also working in the committee assigned for
defending the lawsuits filed against Turkey (against the
state) before the European Court of Human Rights. I
had prepared a program as to eliminate the deficiencies
Nurol Holding Inc. I have noticed in those lawsuits and as to develop
Turkish Armed Forces in the field of human rights. We
Senior Legal Consellor (International Law) had applied this program, especially in troops assigned

for fighting against the terrorism but generally in
My main goal “ 20 OCTOBER 1965 SAVAŞTEPE PRIMARY SCHOOL, whole Turkey and we had obtained successful results.
The Chief of Staff had assigned me for explaining the
was to make BALIKESİR results of such works in ATC and in a way to create
public opinion in the USA. First, I made a presentation.
something useful enrolled to Ankara Faculty of Law. Due that my troop The US minister responsible for human rights had also

for my country and duty continued during this process, I did not have the attended the meeting. We had a dialogue with him after
his speech. In fact I had pressurized him with a few with
opportunity to attend classes but I finished the Faculty
” as a military judge after the internship. Meanwhile I the next day there was news on this subject in New York
people of Law externally by attending to the exams only. After a critical questions in questions and answers section but
he could not give a satisfactory answer. I remember that
year I was elected as a military judge and I started working

Your birthplace and your family? was accepted to a master degree program in the field Times. Our Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors Mr.
Oguz Çarmıklı has also been there together with some
of Law and I was sent to USA. There I had my masters
I was born in 1956 in Ortaklar District (LLM) degree in the major branch of International Law executives from Nurol and has attended the session in
which I made the speech. The next day we met at the
of Aydın, During that time my father in Judge Advocate General’s School, to which US military reception. There he personally invited me to Nurol.
was an agriculture teacher at Ortaklar lawyers are sent for masters degree program and which
Teacher Training School. My mother is located within the campus of Virginia University in
was a housewife and a graduate of Charlottesville / Virginia. Then, when I was working in the
the Art School for Girls. We were a 4 Legal Consultancy Department of General Staff I started
- person civil servant family together doctorate study in the field of Law in 1998, in Ankara VAN MILITARY LAW COURT
with my elder sister, who is 2 years older University, Faculty of Social Sciences. I completed the COURT ROOM, 1985
than me. Although my father was an doctoral studies in 2004 when I was working in Nurol.
agriculture teacher, he used to attend Thus the school education is completed.
music lessons, which was almost his
hobby. He used to play oud and zither. Did you choose your ideal profession?
They used to gather at homes in the
evenings with his teacher friends for The military was my ideal, it was the profession of my
playing classical Turkish music. Those dreams. When I learned from the newspaper that I was
were the times when neighborhood admitted to Kuleli, it was as if I was not running but
relations were perfect. Every weekend flying back home for giving this information. I attended
there was a movie or theatre show in to Kuleli despite my family’s opposition. But After Kuleli,
one of the nights and ballroom dancing all of us were sent directly to the military academy.
in another night. Thus, the desire of attending to a university remained
within me. Though I was also extremely successful in the

Your Education, The schools you have attended? military academy, I lovingly passed a very challenging
education with success, but my interest in science and
I was trained in Ortaklar until the 3rd grade of primary school. Then I finished primary school and secondary school reading, especially my interest in Law made me a lawyer
in Savaştepe due that my father was appointed to Balıkesir / Savaştepe Teacher Training School. Passing the at the end. I think they are all my favorite and ideal
exams I guess among the first 110 persons, I attended to Kuleli Military High School. After finishing the High school subjects and professions.
they transferred us directly to Turkish Military Academy in Ankara. I graduated from the Turkish Military Academy
with Lieutenant rank, ranking 3rd of the corps of engineers, and 21st of 550 - person term. Then I attended to How did you meet Nurol?
Military Engineering School (İzmir) and I completed 1 -year program here ranking 2nd of the class. Meanwhile, as I suppose it was towards the end of February 1998. I was
soon as I graduated from Military Engineering School, I entered into University exams and I succeeded to be assigned as the representative of the Chief of Staff for

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