Burhanettin Bigalı (1927 – 19 September 2016) was a Turkish general; he retired in 1990. He was head of the
National Intelligence Organization
The National Intelligence Organization ( tr, Millî İstihbarat Teşkilatı, MİT) is the state intelligence agency of Turkey.
Established in 1965 to replace National Security Service, its aim is to gather information about the current and po ...
(1981 - 1986) and later
General Commander of the Gendarmerie of Turkey (1988 - 1990).
He was born in 1927 in
Dereköy, Çanakkale,
Biga. He belongs to the Chundyshk (Цундышк) dynasty of the
Circassians.
Arif Doğan
Arif Doğan (born Kırıkhan, Hatay Province, 1945 – 17 October 2014) was a commander in the Turkish Gendarmerie, and said to be one of the founders of the Gendarmerie's JITEM intelligence unit. He was a defendant in the Ergenekon trials, and in ...
has claimed in court that he founded the Gendarmerie's
JITEM intelligence unit in the late 1980s on the orders of Bigalı, with the approval of the Chief of Staff and of the Interior Ministry.
[ Hurriyet Daily News, 14 October 2010]
Turkish dailies leak contradictory testimony from retired colonel
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References
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1927 births
2016 deaths
Turkish Army generals
General Commanders of the Gendarmerie of Turkey
People of the National Intelligence Organization (Turkey)
Commanders of the Second Army of Turkey