İsmail Selen (1931,

Bolu Bolu is a city in northern Turkey, and administrative center of the Bolu Province and of Bolu District,Ankara Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...

) was a retired general in the

Turkish Gendarmerie The Gendarmerie General Command () is the national gendarmerie force of the Republic of Turkey. It is a service branch of the Turkish Ministry of Interior responsible for the maintenance of the public order in areas that fall outside the jurisdi ...

. He was assassinated in 1991.

DHKP/C The Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front ( or DHKP-C) is a Turkish Marxist–Leninist communist party in Turkey. It was founded in 1978 as Revolutionary Left (Turkish: or ), and has been involved in a militant campaign against the Rep ...

member Necmi Suma was sentenced to 12 years for his murder. In 2011 Col.

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 ...

claimed that the

's Cem Ersever had ordered Selen's assassination. Selen graduated from the

Turkish Military Academy The Turkish Military Academy () or as it is known historically and popularly Harbiye is a four-year co-educational military academy and part of the National Defense University (Turkey), National Defence University. It is located in the cent ...

in 1954 and the Turkish Military College in 1970. He was promoted to Brigadier-General in 1980 and to Major-General in 1984, becoming Chief of Staff of the Gendarmerie General Command in 1985. He retired at his own request on 15 July 1989.M. Metin Kaplan, 24 May 2011, ulkucudunya.com
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Selen, Ismail 1932 births 1991 deaths People from Bolu Turkish Army generals Assassinated Turkish people Turkish Gendarmerie personnel Turkish Military Academy alumni Army War College (Turkey) alumni