Burhanettin Bigalı (1927 – 17 September 2016) was a Turkish general; he retired in 1990. He was head of the

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(1981 - 1986) and later General Commander of the Gendarmerie of Turkey (1988 - 1990). He was born in 1927 in Dereköy, Çanakkale,

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. He belongs to the Chundyshk (Цундышк) dynasty of the

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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 ...

has claimed in court that he founded the Gendarmerie's

JITEM Jandarma İstihbarat ve Terörle Mücadele or Jandarma İstihbarat Teşkilatı (abbr. ''JİTEM'' or ''JİT''; English: "Gendarmerie Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism" or "Gendarmerie Intelligence Organization") is the intelligence department of ...

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
October 2010 Turkish dailies leak contradictory testimony from retired colonel
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