Fikri Karadag
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Mehmet Fikri Karadağ 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 , and the Kuvayı Milliye Derneği (National Forces Society).
on the basis that the perpetrators knew or were subordinate to Karadağ. Garih was assassinated on 25 August 2001 by Yener Yermez, of the Hasdal barracks' café (.
Also working in the café was lieutenant Murat Oğuz, who got caught in 2001 for petty fraud with the Ergenekon investigation's key figure, Tuncay Güney
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It is alleged that both Oğuz and Yermez were subordinate to Karadağ, in the capacity of Commander of the Mechanized Regiment .
Ergenekon suspect Oktay Yıldırım (whose grenades in Ümraniye launched the investigation) was also stationed in the Hasdal barracks. Yıldırım was in the 6th Infantry Brigade from August 1999 to April 2005.
Turkey
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army colonel who was indicted for treason
Treason
In law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more extreme acts against one's sovereign or nation. Historically, treason also covered the murder of specific social superiors, such as the murder of a husband by his wife. Treason against the king was known as high treason and treason against a...
in the Ergenekon investigation for allegedly heading ultra-nationalist organizations called the Association for the Union of Patriotic Forces , and the Kuvayı Milliye Derneği (National Forces Society).
Posts
| Start | Finish | Title | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 June 1998 | 17 August 2000 | Teacher at the Armed Forces Academic Educational Command | Yeni Levent, Istanbul |
| 18 August 2000 | 14 June 2001 | Staff Commander at the 3rd Army Corps Command ( | Ayazağa, Istanbul |
| 15 June 2001 | 9 August 2001 | Assistant Commander at the 3rd Army Corps Command and Commander of the Mechanized Infantry Division | Hasdal, Istanbul |
| 10 August 2001 | Administrator at the Armed Forces Academic Educational Command | Yeni Levent, Istanbul |
Ergenekon
It has been alleged that Karadağ is connected to the assassination of businessman Üzeyir GarihÜzeyir Garih
Üzeyir Garih was a prominent Turkish Jewish businessman and a cofounder of Alarko Holding.-Biography:...
on the basis that the perpetrators knew or were subordinate to Karadağ. Garih was assassinated on 25 August 2001 by Yener Yermez, of the Hasdal barracks' café (.
Also working in the café was lieutenant Murat Oğuz, who got caught in 2001 for petty fraud with the Ergenekon investigation's key figure, Tuncay Güney
Tuncay Güney
Tuncay Güney , code name "Ipek" , is a Turkish citizen who claims to have infiltrated the Turkish Gendarmerie's intelligence organization JITEM, Ergenekon, the Workers' Party, and the Gülen movement before being outed. He is subordinate to Mehmet Eymür, who was discharged from the National...
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It is alleged that both Oğuz and Yermez were subordinate to Karadağ, in the capacity of Commander of the Mechanized Regiment .
Ergenekon suspect Oktay Yıldırım (whose grenades in Ümraniye launched the investigation) was also stationed in the Hasdal barracks. Yıldırım was in the 6th Infantry Brigade from August 1999 to April 2005.
External links
- Ergenekon indictment annex, folder 441. Page 150 of the PDF contains a detailed list of his posts.