Oktay Yıldırım (born 28 September 1971) is a former member of Turkey's

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 ...

, and was a defendant in the

Ergenekon trials The Ergenekon trials were a series of high-profile trials which took place on 2008–2016 in Turkey in which 275 people, including military officers, journalists and opposition lawmakers, all alleged members of Ergenekon, a suspected secularist ...

as well as the

Turkish Council of State shooting The Turkish Council of State shooting occurred on 17 May 2006. Alparslan Arslan entered the Council of State building in Ankara and shot five judges, killing judge Mustafa Yücel Özbilgin. Arslan was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2008. Inci ...

. On 5 August 2013 Yıldırım was sentenced to 33 years and 10 months. Yıldırım was a founder in 2005 of the Kuvayı Milliye Derneği, and was head of its Istanbul branch. Yıldırım was stationed in the Hasdal barracks; he was in the 6th Infantry Brigade ( tr, Hasdal Kışlası 6. Piyade Tugayı) from August 1999 to April 2005. He retired in 2005 due to disability.''

Milliyet ''Milliyet'' ( Turkish for "''nationality''") is a Turkish daily newspaper published in Istanbul, Turkey. History and profile ''Milliyet'' came to publishing life at the Nuri Akça press in Babıali, Istanbul as a daily private newspaper on 3 ...

'', 23 July 2008
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* ''Ergenekon bombalarının sırrı'', Istanbul:

Kaynak Yayınları Kaynak Yayınları (English: ''Resource Publications'') is an independent publishing company based in Istanbul, Turkey. It was founded in 1982. It has published authors such as Halil Berktay, Doğu Perinçek Doğu Perinçek (; born 17 June 1942 ...

, 2010. * ''Savaşmadan Kaybetmek: "Türkiye'nin Silahsız İşgali"'', Kaynak Yayınları, 2010. * ''Mehmetçik: Tarihsel ve İdeolojik Kökeni'', Kaynak Yayınları, 2011.

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1971 births Living people People from Erzurum Special Warfare Department personnel Prisoners and detainees of Turkey People convicted in the Ergenekon trials Turkish non-commissioned personnel {{Turkey-mil-bio-stub

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