Rates (insignia of Category)
There are several major categories in the Navy for different professions. Insignia of category are worn right above the circle in the topmost stripe, both on the sleeve and the shoulder board. It is a small round patch with gold-coloured needlework. Line officers and admirals do not wear these patches. (Admirals with special circumstances (doctors and engineers) may wear them on their sleeves, but not shoulders)
- Naval Infantry (Marines) : In the Turkish armed forces, marines are subordinates to the navy and wear the Navy's uniforms. Their patch consists of an anchor and two rifles crossing it.
- Combat Engineer (Civil Engineer) : A combat engineer wears a patch with the portrayal of what seems to be a fortress, beyond the sea.
- Supply : Supply officers wear a branch with three gold-coloured leaves.
- Hydrography/Oceanography : These officers wear a patch which portrays a lighthouse, with two beams of light heading away from each other.
- Medical Corps (Medical Doctors) : Doctors bear the Staff of Asclepius, a staff with a single snake entangled around it.
- Pharmacists : Pharmacists wear the image of a cup, with a snake around it and a branch surrounding both.
- Dentists : Dentists wear a staff with a branch around it.
- Engineers : An engineer wears the image of a protractor and a pair of compasses beneath that.
- Legal (Prosecutors/Judges) : Officers of this category wear a patch that includes a book laying open and a pair of scales behind that.
- Instructors : Instructors wear a patch with a book laying open with a torch behind.
- Band Musician : A band musician wears a patch with a musical harp.
- Nurse : Officers from the Nurses’ Corps wear a single golden crescent with the corners pointed upwards.
- Intelligence : The Intelligence patch consists of a golden circle with a cross in between; embroidered with arrows at each point the cross cuts the circle. Portrayed as if this Wheel was turning around its own axis.
- Staff Officers : Staff officers, are the officers who assume command or important positions in other headquarters, with a specialty in military personnel and supplies management. They wear a single golden five-point star as their patch of category.
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