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Batı Çalışma Grubu
The Batı Çalışma Grubu (BÇG; en, West Study Group or West Working Group) was an alleged clandestine grouping within the Turkish military said to be linked to the Ergenekon organization. It was allegedly set up in 1997 by General Çevik Bir (then deputy-chief of the General Staff of the Republic of Turkey) as part of the process relating to the 1997 military memorandum (the "post-modern coup"), and active until at least May 2009. The primary activity of the group appears to have been classifying politicians, military personnel, journalists and others according to ethnic background, religious affiliation and political leanings, and to monitor the activity of those considered a potential danger to secularism in Turkey. This included monitoring some religious communities outside Turkey. It has been claimed that in 1997 BÇG had records on 6 million people, and offices in the Higher Education Board (YÖK) as well as in each branch of the military. Creation General Çevik Bir (t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clandestine Operation
A clandestine operation is an intelligence or military operation carried out in such a way that the operation goes unnoticed by the general population or specific enemy forces. Until the 1970s, clandestine operations were primarily political in nature, generally aimed at assisting groups or nations favored by the sponsor. Examples include U.S. intelligence involvement with German and Japanese war criminals after World War II. Today these operations are numerous and include technology-related clandestine operations. The bulk of clandestine operations are related to the gathering of intelligence, typically by both people (clandestine human intelligence) and by hidden sensors. Placement of underwater or land-based communications cable taps, cameras, microphones, traffic sensors, monitors such as sniffers, and similar systems require that the mission go undetected and unsuspected. Clandestine sensors may also be on unmanned underwater vehicles, reconnaissance (spy) satellites ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OYAK
Ordu Yardımlaşma Kurumu (OYAK) (''lit. Military Mutual Aid Institution''), is a Turkish charity and pension fund with around 363,000 members and owner of Renault (Oyak). The OYAK Holding Investment Subsidiary Group is one of the largest industrial groups in Turkey. The group was the former owner of ING Oyak Bank (sold to ING Bank in 2007) and the Oypa supermarket chain. In 2012 it was rated BB+/stable by Standard & Poor's. The group co-owns Oyak-Renault, a car manufacturer, and steel producer Erdemir. OYAK Group of Companies added Sagra to its structure in April 2021. OYAK provides members with "supplementary retirement benefits" apart from the official retirement fund, T.C.Emekli Sandığı/SSK, to which they are primarily affiliated. In addition to retirement benefits, OYAK pays disability benefits to members when they become partially or fully disabled, and provides death benefits to the deceased's heirs. OYAK is a private entity that is subject to Turkish civic and commer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Recep may refer to: People Surname * Aziz Recep (born 1992), German-Greek footballer * Sibel Recep (born 1987), Swedish pop singer Given name * Recep Adanır (born 1929), Turkish footballer * Recep Akdağ (born 1960), Turkish physician and politician * Recep Altepe (born 1959), Turkish politician * Recep Biler (born 1981), Turkish footballer * Recep Çelik (born 1983), Turkish racewalker * Recep Çetin (born 1965), retired Turkish footballer * Recep Niyaz (born 1995), Turkish footballer * Recep Öztürk (born 1977), Turkish footballer * Recep Pasha (died 1726), Ottoman statesman and governor * Recep Peker (1889–1950), Turkish politician * Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 1954), President of Turkey * Recep Uslu (born 1958), Turkish writer Other uses * Recep's chub (''Alburnoides recepi''), a freshwater fish * Recep, Çermik See also * Rexhep * Rajab Rajab ( ar, رَجَب) is the seventh month of the Islamic calendar. The lexical definition of the classical Arabic verb ''ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hikmet Köksal
Hikmet Köksal (1932 – February 25, 2020) was a Turkish general, born in Yusufeli. He was the Commander of the Turkish Army during the 1997 "post-modern coup", and previously Commander of the First Army of Turkey (1994-1996). He was one of those arrested in 2012 as part of the investigation of the coup and of the associated West Study Group.Today's Zaman ''Today's Zaman'' (Zaman is Turkish for 'time' or 'age') was an English-language daily newspaper based in Turkey. Established on 17 January 2007, it was the English-language edition of the Turkish daily '' Zaman.'' ''Today's Zaman'' included dom ..., 29 May 2012Upper echelon of clandestine BÇG jailed in latest Feb. 28 wave of arrests References {{DEFAULTSORT:Koksal, Hikmet 1932 births 2020 deaths Turkish Army generals Commanders of the Turkish Land Forces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
İlhan Kılıç
İlhan is a Turkish male given name and a surname. It is also used as a feminine given name. Notable with the name include: Title * Ilkhanate, Hulagu Khan's khanate, title of Hulagu Khan. Given name * İlhan Eker, Turkish footballer * İlhan İrem, Turkish singer * İlhan Koman, Turkish sculptor * İlhan Mansız, Turkish football player * İlhan Mimaroğlu, Turkish composer * Ilhan Omar, American politician * İlhan Onat, Turkish chess player * İlhan Parlak, Turkish footballer * İlhan Usmanbaş, Turkish composer Surname * Adem Ilhan, Turkish-English musician * Attilâ İlhan, Turkish poet * Çolpan İlhan, Turkish cinema and theatre actress * John Ilhan, Australian businessman * Marsel İlhan, Turkish tennis player * Müfide İlhan Müfide İlhan (19 February 1911 – 2 February 1996) was a mayor of Mersin, Turkey in the early 1950s. She is known as being the first woman mayor in Turkey. Early life Müfide İlhan was born on 19 February 1911 in İstanbul.Kudret Ünal:''Mü . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teoman Koman
Teoman Koman ( – 14 December 2013) was a Turkish general who retired in 1997. He was General Commander of the Gendarmerie of Turkey (1995 - 1997) and previously head of the National Intelligence Organization (1988 - 1992) and Deputy Secretary-General of the National Security Council (1986 - 1988). Koman was charged with being involved with the 1997 "post-modern coup".Today's Zaman, 22 October 2012Retired Gen. Koman says he banned JİTEM activities Koman told the Ergenekon trials that he was aware of the existence of the JITEM Gendarmerie unit during his tenure, and that it was an unofficial association of Gendarmerie members, which he had banned. As a young officer he was rumored to have slapped Former Prime Minister Adnan Menderes in his cell during Yassıada trials The Yassıada Trials were a series of criminal cases in Turkey brought by the military regime against politicians of the formerly ruling Democrat Party. Following the coup which removed the Democrats from powe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmet Çörekçi
Ahmad ( ar, Ø£Øمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet. Etymology The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the verb (''ḥameda'', "to thank or to praise"), non-past participle (). Lexicology As an Arabic name, it has its origins in a Quranic prophecy attributed to Jesus in the Quran which most Islamic scholars concede is about Muhammad. It also shares the same roots as Mahmud, Muhammad and Hamed. In its transliteration, the name has one of the highest number of spelling variations in the world. Though Islamic scholars attribute the name Ahmed to Muhammed, the verse itself is about a Messenger named Ahmed, whilst Muhammed was a Messenger-Prophet. Some Islamic traditions view the name Ahmad as another given name of Muhammad at birth by his mother, considered by Muslims to be the more esoteric name of Muhammad and central to understanding his nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engin Alan
Engin Alan (born 31 March 1945 in Istanbul) is a former Turkish general. He was Chief of the Special Forces of the Turkish Army from 1996 to 2000. He retired in 2005. After his retirement he became General Director of the Foundation to Strengthen the Turkish Armed Forces (TSKGV), and was later charged in the Sledgehammer coup plan trials, relating to an alleged 2003 plot. In the 2011 Turkish general election he was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey representing Istanbul for the Nationalist Movement Party. A court ruled against releasing Alan so that he could take up his seat. In 2012 he was sentenced to 18 years for his role in the Sledgehammer coup plan, and later detained in connection with the 1997 "post-modern coup".Today's Zaman ''Today's Zaman'' (Zaman is Turkish for 'time' or 'age') was an English-language daily newspaper based in Turkey. Established on 17 January 2007, it was the English-language edition of the Turkish daily '' Zaman.'' ''Today's Zam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fahri Korutürk
Fahri Sabit Korutürk (3 August 1903 – 12 October 1987) was a Turkish admiral, diplomat and politician who was the 6th president of Turkey from 1973 to 1980. Before his presidency, he served as the 3rd commander of the Turkish Naval Forces from 1957 to 1960. He was also a member of the Senate of the Republic from 1968 to 1973 and again in 1980. Prior to his senatorship, he served as Turkey's ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1960 to 1964. He was born in Istanbul, at Soğukçeşme Sokağı, a small street between Topkapı Palace and Hagia Sophia. He attended the navy cadet school in 1916, was graduated in 1923 and from the Naval Academy in 1933. In 18 March 1934 after an encounter with President Atatürk he was given Korutürk as his Surname. Korutürk saw active service on cruisers and submarines and later traveled abroad as naval attaché in Rome, Berlin and Stockholm. In 1936, he participated in Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Turkish Straits as military ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murat Sökmenoğlu
Mustafa Murat Sökmenoğlu (31 August 1945 – 20 June 2014) was a Turkish politician who was a parliamentary deputy from 1983 to 1989 and from 1999 to 2002. Background Born in Istanbul, Sökmenoğlu was the son of Tayfur Sökmen. Career Sökmenoğlu was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in 1983 for the Nationalist Democracy Party (MDP), representing Hatay Province. He joined the True Path Party after the MDP dissolved itself in 1986. He resigned on 27 December 1989 to protest the presidential election of Turgut Özal.tbmm.gov.trTürkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi 21. Dönem Milletvekili/ref> Sökmenoğlu later became Deputy Secretary-General of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). In 1999 Sökmenoğlu was elected to parliament again, representing Istanbul for the MHP, until the MHP failed to cross the electoral threshold The electoral threshold, or election threshold, is the minimum share of the primary vote that a candidate or political party requires to achieve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehmet Elkatmış
Mehmet Elkatmış (born 14 January 1947, Nevşehir) is a Justice and Development Party Justice and Development Party may refer to several political parties, the best-known ones being: * Justice and Development Party (Morocco) * Justice and Development Party (Turkey) Justice and Development Party may also refer to: * Justice and Dev ... (AKP) politician. He was chair of the parliamentary Susurluk Commission which investigated the 1996 Susurluk scandal. He was chair of the parliamentary Human Rights Commission in 2005. He was first elected to parliament in 1991.tbmm.gov.trTürkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi 22. Dönem Milletvekili/ref> References {{DEFAULTSORT:Elkatmis, Mehmet 1947 births Living people People from Nevşehir Welfare Party politicians Virtue Party politicians Justice and Development Party (Turkey) politicians Members of the 22nd Parliament of Turkey Members of the 21st Parliament of Turkey Members of the 20th Parliament of Turkey Deputies of Niğde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susurluk Scandal
The Susurluk scandal () was a scandal involving the close relationship among the deep state in Turkey, the Grey Wolves and the Turkish mafia. It took place during the peak of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict, in the mid-1990s. The relationship came into existence after the National Security Council (NSC) posited the need for the marshaling of the state's resources to combat the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The scandal surfaced with a car–truck collision on 3 November 1996, near Susurluk, in the province of Balıkesir. The victims included the deputy chief of the Istanbul Police Department, a Member of Parliament, and Abdullah Çatlı, the leader of the Grey Wolves and a contract killer for the National Intelligence Organization (Turkey) (MÄ°T), who was on Interpol's red list at the time of his death. The state had been engaged in an escalating low intensity conflict with the PKK since 1984. The conflict escalated in the early 1990s. Towards the end of 1992, a furious ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
