Muzaffer Tekin

Muzaffer Tekin (28 October 1950 in Çankırı – 1 April 2015) is a former member of Turkey's Special Warfare Department, and a suspect in the Ergenekon trials as well as the Turkish Council of State shooting. In August 2013 Tekin was sentenced to consecutive life sentences.

Career

Tekin graduated from the Turkish Military Academy in 1972, where he had been a classmate of Cem Ersever, and served in the Special Warfare Department. He participated in the Turkish invasion of Cyprus,[1] and according to Oktay Yıldırım was "the only lieutenant who ever received a gold medal for his work in the Cyprus Peace Operation".[2] He was forced to retire in 1986, having reached the rank of Captain,[1] due to a Supreme Military Council (YAŞ) decision in relation to a fight Tekin was involved in.[3] In 2007 he said that he had served in the armed forces together with Oktay Yıldırım,[4] and said that Yıldırım was "like my son".[5]

Tekin was a partner in finance company Doğuş Factoring, in which Turkish Council of State shooter Alparslan Arslan worked as a lawyer.[6] In 2007 Sabah published claims, which it said were based on German police reports, that Doğuş Factoring had been used to launder drug money, and that Tekin was the lead organiser of the drug operations.[7]

Trials

Days after the Turkish Council of State shooting, the National Intelligence Organization (MIT) and police intelligence said they had had Tekin under surveillance for six months as part of an investigation into the Vatansever Kuvvetler Güç Birliği Hareketi.[8]

On 5 August 2013 Tekin was sentenced to consecutive life sentences.[9]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Milliyet, 23 July 2008, Bombanın kilidi Tekin
  2. ↑ Hurriyet Daily News, 24 May 2006, press scanner
  3. ↑ Today's Zaman, 18 May 2011, Retired captain may receive promotion in jail
  4. ↑ Today's Zaman, 18 June 2007, Ümraniye suspect arrested, Muzaffer Tekin taken into custody
  5. ↑ Today's Zaman, 21 June 2007, Capt. Tekin charged with terrorism and sent to prison
  6. ↑ Today's Zaman, 7 March 2008, Two Ergenekon suspects former business partners
  7. ↑ Today's Zaman, 16 August 2007, Ex-army officer involved in international drug trafficking
  8. ↑ Today's Zaman, 23 May 2006, Security Directorate and MIT: A Retired General Heads the Gang
  9. ↑ Today's Zaman, 5 August 2013, Long sentences for Ergenekon suspects, life for ex-army chief

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