Çetin Doğan
Çetin Doğan (born 15 May 1940, Maçka[1]) is a retired Turkish general. He was Commander of the First Army of Turkey (17 August 2001 - 20 August 2003).
Doğan graduated from the Turkish Military Academy in 1960.[2]
In 2007 Doğan was appointed head of the Board of Trustees of Ahmet Yesevi University by President Ahmet Necdet Sezer. He was replaced in March 2008 by new President Abdullah Gül.[3]
Doğan has written columns for the Aydınlık newspaper since May 2011,[4][5] and published two books.[6]
Operation Sledgehammer
In 2012 he was sentenced to twenty years in prison for his alleged involvement in the 2003 "Sledgehammer" coup plan;[7] Doğan is said to have been the leader of the group that planned the coup.[8][9] He is also charged in the case of the 1997 military memorandum.[10]
Professor Dani Rodrik (Doğan's son-in-law) has written that the Sledgehammer evidence against Doğan was fabricated, citing various anachronisms and errors in the key coup plan document.[11][12]
Books
- Ateşi ve İhaneti Gördük, Kastaş Yayınları 2010. ISBN 9789752821408
- İddianamem: Balyoz ve Gerçekler, Destek Yayınları 2011. ISBN 9786054455348
References
- ^ kimkimdir.gen.tr, Orgeneral Çetin Doğan (1940 - .... )
- ^ Umar, Leyla (25 March 2003). "Biz asla Irak'a savaş açmayız". Vatan. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
- ^ Pinar Doğan and Dani Rodrik, The Sledgehammer Coup Plan and the Case of Çetin Doğan
- ^ Çetin Doğan, Aydınlık, 12 May 2011, Tarih yazılırken (1) - (TAMAMI)
- ^ Aydınlık, Çetin Doğan
- ^ Çetin Doğan, Aydınlık, 20 July 2011, ÇETİN DOĞAN: ATEŞİ VE İHANETİ GÖRDÜK
- ^ Hürriyet Daily News, 21 September 2012, Court hits ex-top soldiers hard; accessed on 22 September 2012
- ^ Hürriyet Daily News, 9 January 2013, Turkish Army denies having coup documents
- ^ Today's Zaman, 4 May 2012, European human rights court says coup suspect Doğan's arrest legal
- ^ Hürriyet Daily News, 14 June 2013, 37 suspects released in Feb 28 coup probe
- ^ Pinar Doğan and Dani Rodrik, Foreign Policy, 6 April 2010, How Turkey Manufactured a Coup Plot
- ^ Pinar Doğan and Dani Rodrik, The New Republic, 24 May 2010, Turkey’s Other Dirty War