Kemal Yamak (1924 – 26 July 2009) was Commander of the Turkish Army (1987–1989). He was previously head of the Special Warfare Department (1971–1974).''

Bugün ''Bugün'' () was a Turkish daily newspaper. It was established in 2005. Columnists and journalists working for it have included Cengiz Çandar, Ahmet Almaz, Toktamış Ateş and Kamil Maman. ''Bugün'' was founded in January 2003 as ''Dünde ...

'', 5 January 2010
Kozmik odaya giren tek siyasetçi
At the request of Yamak, General Semih Sancar, then the Chief of General Staff, asked

Bülent Ecevit Mustafa Bülent Ecevit (; 28 May 1925 – 5 November 2006) was a Turkish politician, statesman, poet, writer, scholar, and journalist. He served as the Prime Minister of Turkey four times between 1974 and 2002. He served as prime minister in 197 ...

for a

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of 1 million

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to support the

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programme. It was at that point Ecevit learned of its existence, and demanded a briefing. In 2006, he published a book defending the role of the Special Warfare Department, and rejecting many allegations about its links with the "

deep state Deep state is a term used for (real or imagined) potential, unauthorized and often secret networks of power operating independently of a State (polity), state's political leadership in pursuit of their own agendas and goals. Although the term ori ...

". Hurriyet Daily News, 2 April 2006
The 'deepest' topic in Turkey
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Books

* ''Gölgede kalan izler ve gölgeleşen bizler'',

Doğan Kitap Doğan is both a masculine Turkish given name and a Turkish surname meaning ''Falcon''. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Doğan Abukay, Turkish experimental physicist and academic * Doğan Akhanlı (1957–2021) Turkish-German wri ...

, 2006

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yamak, Kemal 1924 births 2009 deaths People from Merzifon Commanders of the Aegean Army Commanders of the Turkish Land Forces Special Warfare Department personnel