Comments on On the career of Dr. Serkan ANILIR: Did the Turkish Air Force General recommend Dr. An...

Dear Arda and Anonymous, Thank you very much for ...

2009-11-30T22:48:59.584+09:00

Dear Arda and Anonymous,

Thank you very much for detailed and useful information!
We know very little about Turkish Armed Forces, so your inputs are
very much appreciated.

I updated the blog entry to reflect your comments.

fotoğrafın altında yazanı bir tercüme ederbilirmis...

2009-11-26T06:24:26.480+09:00

fotoğrafın altında yazanı bir tercüme ederbilirmisin arda rica etsem.

WOW! So he did dare to claim that he was advised b...

2009-11-18T05:28:04.147+09:00

WOW! So he did dare to claim that he was advised by the commander of Turkish Air Force!

He is in deep xxx...

Mr. Serkan did not describe the man standing again...

2009-11-18T02:44:30.330+09:00

Mr. Serkan did not describe the man standing against camera as an air force general, but Commander in Chief of the Turkish Air Force (Hava Kuveetleri Komutani) in Japanese. It is impossible. The Asahi Shimbun (a leading newspaper in Japan) reported that the Turkish Government denied his career as astronaut candidate on 14 Nove. 2009. The Asahi Shimbun also apologised to readers that the article on the first Turkish astronaut candidate was not truth. see also Asahi Shimbun 14 Nov. 2009.

Dear Arda Mevlutoglu, Thank you very much for th...

2009-11-18T01:52:43.663+09:00

Dear Arda Mevlutoglu,

Thank you very much for the input. It helps a lot. :) Maybe Mr. Anilir thought that he could get away with it because Japanese people couldn't tell what is what. Well, he should have known about the power of the Internet!

As for "Izmir University", well, since there's no "Izmir University", we can say it might be just a simple error by his translator/blog-writer, or by Mr. Anilir Serkan himself. It does not, however, excuse him for his deliberate lies.

Dear Anonymous, Honestly I think the confusion be...

2009-11-18T00:49:46.112+09:00

Dear Anonymous,

Honestly I think the confusion between "Izmir University" and Izmir Economy University" can be taken as an honest mistake with an optimistic point of view, since there is no seperate "Izmir University".

Thanks for the colored photo btw. In this photo, it's crystal clear that the young man in uniform is an NCO-cadet. He is in his second year in NCO School, hence the Roman numeral "II" just above the crescent and the star figure in the rank insignia. You can also see the letters "M.Y.O.", the abbreviation of "Meslek Yuksek Okulu", which translates as "Occupational High School" (?). M.Y.O is the place where NCO's are trained.

This basically means that, the older man in uniform standing against the camera is basically in charge of the younger man in uniform, i.e NCO-cadets. From this angle and color density, my educated guess is, he is a major, hence the silhouette of his rank symbols on top of his shoulders. He is light years away from being a general and aeons away from being the commander of Turkish Air Force or any other person who is authorized to advise Mr Anilir to any position such as an astronaut!

I am the same anonymous above (at Nov 17, 9:54). L...

2009-11-17T22:25:44.315+09:00

I am the same anonymous above (at Nov 17, 9:54). Let me add some more.

This self-styled "would-be astronaut" says the photo was taken at "Izmir University" in this book mentioned above. (I can read Japanese and I can confirm it from the scanned images.)

On the other hand, he implies the photo was taken at "Izmir University of Economics (İzmir Ekonomi Üniversitesi)" even though he actually does not say so; the photo has no caption on "when, where and what" so one can only guess.

It is as if you claim to be a student at Tokyo University when it in fact is Tokyo Economic University, which is a separate entity. Just a case of human error, or a deliberate lie?

Please have a look at his blog entry, dated "...

2009-11-17T21:54:19.624+09:00

Please have a look at his blog entry, dated "2007.12.09".
http://blog.anilir.net/?eid=622294

He posted the same photo without much description except that the middle-aged woman in the photo is his mother - we never know who the men in uniform are - but at least it shows that the photo had been taken on December 9th, 2007.

However, he says in his book that the photo was taken on "May 14th, 2008." This is no laughing matter but still it is laughable. How pathetic this hoaxer is!

Look at the young man in uniform on the left in th...

2009-11-17T17:58:43.539+09:00

Look at the young man in uniform on the left in the photo. He is a NCO (Non Commissioned Officer) candidate (compare the rank insignia on his right arm with the one on this photo: http://www.tekok.edu.tr/fotoalbum/mebsok/images/p1010018.jpg)

This photo was most probably taken during Anilir's visit to Air Force NCO School or the visit of NCO School to a place where he was present.

1. There is no way in Earth, in Hell and in Universe that an NCO-cadet can stand like that nearby "a Turkish Air Force general"

2. There is no way in Earth, in Hell and in Universe whether it's 11-dimensional or not, "an Air Force general" is present without his colleague colonels and generals.

3. The posture of the man in uniform standing against the camera almost certainly assumes that he is in fact not a general but a colonel at most - according to Turkish military customs, a general does not give a posture like that, and he is not accompanied by NCO-cadets.

So the bottom line is,

There is no general-rank in this photo. This photo alone can be a material against Mr Serkan Anilir for the crime of using Turkish Air Force's entity for his personal gains and for fraud.