Petty Officers (noncommissioned)
Petty officers (Astsubay) wear patches sewn with gold-coloured thread on their upper arms indicating their rank. Their patches include a crescent and star in the middle and hashmarks at the sides. The number of hashmarks depends on the ranks and varies from 2 to 7. Also very senior petty officers may wear two thin stripes on their sleeves as a mark of exceptional seniority.
The ranks of petty officers are as follows in ascending order.
- Astsubay Çavuş (Petty Officer 3rd Class)
- Astsubay Kıdemli Çavuş (Petty Officer 2nd Class)
- Üstçavuş (Petty Officer 1st Class)
- Kıdemli Üstçavuş (Chief Petty Officer)
- Başçavuş (Senior Chief Petty Officer)
- Kıdemli Başçavuş (Master Chief Petty Officer)
- Kıdemli Kademeli Başçavuş (Senior Master Chief Petty Officer)
Petty officers also wear a patch of category above their star in rank patches.
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