Erol Mütercimler (born 1954 in

Kars Kars (; ku, Qers; ) is a city in northeast Turkey and the capital of Kars Province. Its population is 73,836 in 2011. Kars was in the ancient region known as ''Chorzene'', (in Greek Χορζηνή) in classical historiography ( Strabo), part of ...

, Turkey) is a

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journalist,

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and academic. He is a retired naval officer. In 2009 he was charged in the second indictment of the Ergenekon trials. Mütercimler is "widely credited as being the first person to have written about Ergenekon", initially describing it in an interview in ''

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'' in 1997, during public discussion of the Susurluk scandal. Mütercimler said he heard of the original organization's existence from retired general

Memduh Ünlütürk Memduh Ünlütürk (1913 - 7 April 1991) was a Turkish general associated with the Counter-Guerrilla and the anti-communist Ziverbey interrogations following the 1971 coup. He was assassinated at his Istanbul home by members of the left-wing re ...

(who was assassinated in 1991), who was involved in the anti-communist Ziverbey interrogations following the 1971 coup. In 2012 he testified that he had initially dismissed the organization, but that Admiral

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(assassinated in 1992) had told him to take it seriously, calling it "the name of the organization that plots everything".

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, 2 February 2012
Don't treat TSK and junta as the same

Books

* ''Gençler İçin Fikrimizin Rehberi'' (2013), Alfa Basım Yayım Dağıtım. * ''Ertuğrul Faciası: 21.Yüzyıla Doğru Türkiye - Japonya İlişkisi'' (2010), Alfa Basım Yayım Dağıtım. * ''Gelibolu 1915 (Ciltli)'' (2010), Alfa Basım Yayım Dağıtım. * ''Komplo Teorileri: Aynanın Ardında Kalan Gerçekler'' (2010), Alfa Basım Yayım Dağıtım. * ''Satılık Ada Kıbrıs: Kıbrıs Barış Harekatının Bilinmeyen Yönleri'' (2009), Alfa Basım Yayım Dağıtım. * ''Destanlaşan Gemiler'' (1987)

References

1954 births Living people People from Kars Turkish journalists Turkish columnists Turkish writers Turkish people of Azerbaijani descent {{Turkey-journalist-stub