Prof. Tamer Eryiğit

       Tamer ERYİĞİT was born in 1972 in the village of Bakacık, Van, Turkey. After completing his primary and secondary education in Van, he enrolled in the Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Field Crops at Yüzüncü Yıl University in 1992 and graduated in 1996. In the same year, he began his master’s degree in the Department of Field Crops at the Graduate School of Natural Sciences and successfully completed it in 1998. Following his master's studies, he continued his doctoral education as a research assistant at the same graduate school.

      He began his professional career in 1999 as an Agricultural Engineer at the Şanlıurfa Plains Irrigation Branch Directorate under the State Hydraulic Works (DSİ) XV Regional Directorate. In 2002, he was appointed as the Chief Engineer for the Operation and Maintenance of Gürpınar Irrigation Systems at the DSİ XVII Regional Directorate, Van Irrigation Operation and Maintenance Branch Directorate. Eryiğit completed his doctoral studies in 2005 and in 2006 was assigned to the position of Chief Engineer for the Operation and Maintenance of Karasu Irrigation Systems. In the same year, he also served as the Quality Management System Representative for the DSİ XVII Regional Directorate and held the position of Chief Engineer for the Maintenance and Repair of Van Irrigation Systems between 2007 and 2009.  

       In 2009, he joined the Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Field Crops at Iğdır University as an Assistant Professor. In the same year, he was appointed as Vice Director of the Graduate School of Natural Sciences and Head of the Information Technology Department. In 2011, he assumed the roles of Director of the Graduate School of Health Sciences and Advisor to the Rector. He was also appointed as Assistant Secretary-General in the same year, significantly contributing to the establishment of many units within the newly founded university.  

    In 2014, Eryiğit began his academic career at the Department of Plant and Animal Production at Gevaş Vocational School at Yüzüncü Yıl University as an Assistant Professor. He continued his work there as an Associate Professor from 2019 to 2023 and was promoted to Professor in 2024.  Eryiğit is married and has three children.