Oktay Yıldırım
Oktay Yıldırım (born 1971) is a former member of Turkey's Special Warfare Department, and was a defendant in the Ergenekon trials as well as the Turkish Council of State shooting. On 5 August 2013 Yıldırım was sentenced to 33 years and 10 months.[1] It was Yıldırım's grenades in Ümraniye which launched the Ergenekon investigation in 2007.[2][3] Yıldırım was a founder in 2005 of the ultranationalist Kuvayı Milliye Derneği, and was head of its Istanbul branch.[4]
Yıldırım was stationed in the Hasdal barracks; he was in the 6th Infantry Brigade (Turkish: Hasdal Kışlası 6. Piyade Tugayı) from August 1999 to April 2005.[5] He retired in 2005 due to disability.[6]
Books
- Ergenekon bombalarının sırrı, Istanbul: Kaynak Yayınları, 2010. ISBN 9789753435758
- Savaşmadan Kaybetmek: "Türkiye'nin Silahsız İşgali", Kaynak Yayınları, 2010. ISBN 9789753435901
- Mehmetçik: Tarihsel ve İdeolojik Kökeni, Kaynak Yayınları, 2011. ISBN 978-975-343-606-9
See also
References
- ^ Today's Zaman, 5 August 2013, Long sentences for Ergenekon suspects, life for ex-army chief Archived 2013-08-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ergenekon iddianamesi/BÖLÜM V ŞÜPHELİLERİN BİREYSEL DURUMLARI 1) ŞÜPHELİ OKTAY YILDIRIM ;
- ^ Today's Zaman, 29 December 2009, Ergenekon suspect’s lawyer found dead in apartment entryway
- ^ Hurriyet Daily News, 15 June 2007, Weapons cache linked to retired officers
- ^ "Hasdal belgesi". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
{{cite news}}:|section=ignored (help) - ^ Milliyet, 23 July 2008, Bombanın kilidi Tekin
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