Brigadier General Erdoğan Dur was born in Sivas, Turkiye in 1970. He attended the Maltepe Military High School. After MHS, he went to the Military Academy, where he Graduate as an Infantry First Lieutenant in 1993.
As an Infantry Officer, he was selected to the Special Forces, where he worked in until 2008, both as Team Commander and Deputy Team Commander. Between 2003-2005 Gen Dur was assigned to the Organization for Security and Cooperation Europe Mission in Georgia, conducting Border Monitoring as an Operations Officer, and contributing to peace within the region.
After completing his Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering between 2006-2008, Gen Dur was assigned to the Mountain Commando Brigade as a battalion Commander. In 2010, he was assigned as head of the Mine and Improvised Explosive Devices branch at the Mountain Commando School and Training Center. In 2013, Gen Dur was assigned as J-3 for the NATO Kosovo Forces Operations and Training Branch in Pristine, Kosovo.
In 2014, Gen Dur was assigned as the Director of Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence division of the Mountain Commandos School and Training Center. In 2015, Gen Dur was assigned to the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps Türkiye as head of the Special Operations Forces branch and Special Operations Forces Adviser. In 2017, Gen Dur took the post of Military Attaché in Bulgaria. In 2020, he was assigned as the Border Regiment Commander in Hakkari.
Prior to his assignment as the Director of the Professional Security Education Division for NMI, Gen Dur served as the Commander of the Mountain Commando School.
Brigadier General Dur has multiple deployments to Kosovo, Georgia, and Iraq as a member of NATO forces, and Organization for Security and Cooperation Europe.
His awards include the Turkish Armed Forces Medal for Distinguished Courage and Self-sacrifice, the Organization for Security and Cooperation Europe Service Medal, and the NATO non article 5 medal.
General Dur is married to Hijran Dur with whom he has 2 children.
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