Osman Gürbüz (born 1962 in
Kemah, Erzincan
Kemah (), known historically as Ani-Kamakh (), Gamakh, Kamacha or Kamachon () is a town in Erzincan Province in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. It is the seat of Kemah District.[Ergenekon investigation
Ergenekon () was the name given to an alleged clandestine, secular ultra-nationalist organization in Turkey with possible ties to members of the country's military and security forces. The would-be group, named after Ergenekon, a mythical place l ...]
for some unsolved murders.
Gürbüz used to be a member of the nationalist
Kuvvayi Milliye Derneği (National Forces Society). Its founder,
Fikri Karadağ Fikret Karadağ (born 3 January 1953) is a retired Turkish army colonel who was indicted for treason in the Ergenekon investigation for allegedly heading ultra-nationalist organizations called the Association for the Union of Patriotic Forces (), ...
(also under custody), allegedly expelled Gürbüz from the organization. Gürbüz is also alleged to be affiliated with other illegal organizations.
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Gürbüz killed his brother in 1990, wounded his ex-wife and her sibling in 1991, sprayed an Ankara night club with bullets in 1994, and killed a policeman also that year. He was apprehended in 1997, but released in 2000 under an amnesty law ().][
Gürbüz is allegedly connected to the following incidents:][
* Gazi incident (1995). A cafe frequented by ]Alevi
Alevism (; ; ) is a syncretic heterodox Islamic tradition, whose adherents follow the mystical Islamic teachings of Haji Bektash Veli, who taught the teachings of the Twelve Imams, whilst incorporating some traditions from shamanism. Differing ...
s was gunned down, sparking the 1995 Gazi Quarter riots.
* Disappearance of HADEP deputies Serdar Tanış and Ebubekir Deniz in Silopi
Silopi () is a city and seat of Silopi District in the Şırnak Province of Turkey. The city is mainly populated by Kurds of Sipêrtî and Zewkan tribes and had a population of 108,880 in 2023.
Adalet Fidan of the HDP was elected mayor in ...
(2000). Ergenekon suspect brigadier general Levent Ersöz
Levent Ersöz (born 19 April 1954) is a former Turkey brigadier general in the Turkish Gendarmerie, who was head of the Gendarmerie's JITEM intelligence department. He was considered a key defendant in the Ergenekon trials, and on 5 August 2013 w ...
is also named in connection to this crime (for threatening the victims). Gürbüz allegedly worked with Ersöz in the Gendarmerie (Turkey)
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 ...
's then-illegal counter-terrorism wing, 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 ...
.
* Death of Kemalist academic Necip Hablemitoğlu
Necip Hablemitoğlu (28 November 1954 – 18 December 2002) was a Turkish historian and intellectual. He was assassinated in front of his home in 2002. The perpetrators of this assassination have still not been found. In Ergenekon trial testimo ...
(2002). Gürbüz was allegedly offered the job of after convict Osman Yıldırım turned it down, however Gürbüz denies this.
Prime Minister Mesut Yılmaz
Ahmet Mesut Yılmaz () (6 November 1947 – 30 October 2020) was a Turkish politician. He was the leader of the Motherland Party (, ANAP) from 1991 to 2002, and served three times as Prime Minister of Turkey. His first two prime-ministerial term ...
said that Gürbüz was connected to the Interior Minister
An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a Cabinet (government), cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and iden ...
, Mehmet Ağar
Mehmet Kemal Ağar (born on 30 October 1951) is a Turkish former police chief, politician, government minister and leader of the Democratic Party. He was a police officer who rose to General Director of the General Directorate of Security (effec ...
, but Ağar denies this.[
]
References
External links
Portre: Osman Gürbüz
Mehmet Eymür
Mehmet Eymür (5 September 1943 – 13 January 2024) was a Turkish intelligence official. In 1995–1996 he led the counter-terrorism department of the National Intelligence Organization (MIT), which he joined as a student in 1965 as a "pursuit of ...
1962 births
Fratricides
JİTEM personnel
Living people
People from Kemah, Erzincan
Turkish murderers
Suspected serial killers
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