Kemal Yamak (1924, in
Merzifon
Merzifon ( hy, Մարզուան, Marzvan, Middle Persian: ; grc, Μερσυφὼν, Mersyphòn, el, Μερζιφούντα, Merzifounta) is a town and district in Amasya Province in the central Black Sea region of Turkey. It covers an area of , ...
– 26 July 2009) was
Commander of the Turkish Army (1987–1989). He was previously head of the
Special Warfare Department
The Special Warfare Department (SWD, tr, Özel Harp Dairesi (ÖHD)) was the special forces unit of the Turkish Army. Founded in 1965, it was formed out of the Army's Tactical Mobilisation Group ( tr, Seferberlik Taktik Kurulu, STK). It was disba ...
(1971–1974).
['' Bugün'', 5 January 2010]
Kozmik odaya giren tek siyasetçi
At the request of Yamak, General
Semih Sancar
Semih Sancar (1911 – 8 December 1984) was Chief of the Turkish General Staff from 1973 to 1978, a period including the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus. He was previously Commander of the Turkish Land Forces (1972–1973) and General Commande ...
, then the Chief of General Staff, asked
Bülent Ecevit for a
slush fund of 1 million dollars to support the
Counter-Guerrilla
Counter-Guerrilla ( tr, Kontrgerilla) is the Turkish branch of Operation Gladio, a clandestine stay-behind anti-communist initiative backed by the United States as an expression of the Truman Doctrine. The founding goal of the operation was to ere ...
programme. It was at that point Ecevit learned of its existence, and demanded a briefing.
In 2006, he published a book defending the role of the Special Warfare Department, and rejecting many allegations about its links with the "
deep state".
[ Hurriyet Daily News, 2 April 2006]
The 'deepest' topic in Turkey
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Books
* ''Gölgede kalan izler ve gölgeleşen bizler'', Doğan Kitap, 2006
References
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1924 births
2009 deaths
People from Merzifon
Turkish Army generals
Commanders of the Turkish Land Forces
Special Warfare Department personnel