As a surface warfare officer, he was assigned as Commanding Officer of TCG Zafer (USS Tomas C. Hart) between 2005-2007 and Commander of 4th Destroyer Division between 2010-2011. He participated in the Operation Active Endeavour in 2006, United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in 2007 and Non-Combatants Evacuation Operation of Libya in 2011.