The memories you shared regarding your father, retired Naval Colonel Yaşar Çalgav’s military career and family history, begin with his officer duties in İskenderun and on the ship Kocatepe. Yaşar Çalgav, who had close colleagues like Halis and his wife Zeynep during his service, assumed critical responsibilities in İskenderun in 1974 following your birth at Zeynep Kamil Hospital, and later in Cihangirli Hasanpaşa, Gölcük, and within the Aegean Naval Area Command. During his assignment in Ankara, Yaşar Çalgav served under General Recep Ergün during the September 12 military coup; he also served in the Eski Foça and İzmir regions, taking on important responsibilities within the Base Command there, on the ship Onaran, the ship A4, the military vessel Şarköy, and various landing crafts. Among the gifts he brought back from his trip to Italy were toy dolls for your two sisters, small cars, a toy train set, several horizontal music systems, and a large battery-operated, black and red, wired remote-controlled race car that, thanks to a special mechanism underneath, would not fall off the edge of the table but would stop or change direction instead.In the family settlement in Maltepe, İstanbul, Sakızağacı Street stands out with two different focal points. While your grandfather resided in the house at Sakızağacı Street No: 11, there was a two-story house belonging to your grandfather Rıfat Çalgav at Sakızağacı Street No: 56. During the period of social unrest and the era referred to as “when the wolves raided” in the years 1973, 1974, and 1975, this house was transferred to your aunt and was later sold by your aunt’s family. The person who played the greatest role and guided your father Yaşar Çalgav in becoming a naval officer was your aunt’s husband, Rıza Aydın Arıç, a Bosniak-origin former Naval Petty Officer who lived in Bursa at the time.In the subsequent period, when population registry records were obtained from Bursa Üçsoylular, important data regarding family origins were uncovered. In the official population registry examinations, it was clearly seen that the grandfathers, grandmothers, and ancestors of your father and grandmother bore English names in the records.AI Content Verification 🔍 Cross-check Facebook information with AIİletişim ve Bağlantılar: