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Adil Serdar Saçan
Adil Serdar Saçan (21 September 1962 – 24 May 2023) was a Turkish police chief who oversaw numerous high-profile investigations. He supervised the Istanbul police force's Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime Department ( tr, Organize Suçlarla Mücadele ve Kaçakçılık Şube Müdürlüğü), which he established in 1998. Saçan was detained on 23 September 2008 for allegedly being a member of Ergenekon; an illegal gang. In August 2013 he was sentenced to 14 years and six months as part of the Ergenekon trials. Background and personal life Adil Serdar Saçan was born on 21 September 1962 in Erzurum Province, Turkey. He graduated from police academy in 1985 as the top student. He had a master's degree in public administration from Istanbul University. In June 2008, he and his son Kerim Bedri survived an accident involving a truck. He died in Istanbul on 24 May 2023, at the age of 60. Career Saçan led 600 investigations, including those of the Malki murders, Albayrak H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erzurum Province
Erzurum Province ( tr, Erzurum ili) is a province of Turkey in the Eastern Anatolia Region of the country. The capital of the province is the city of Erzurum. It is bordered by the provinces of Kars and Ağrı to the east, Muş and Bingöl to the south, Erzincan and Bayburt to the west, Rize and Artvin to the north and Ardahan to the northeast. Okay Memiş was appointed as the governor of the province by a presidential decree on 27 October 2018. The province has an overall Turkish-majority. Geography The surface area of the province of Erzurum is the fourth biggest in Turkey. The majority of the province is elevated. Most plateaus are about above sea level, and the mountainous regions beyond the plateaus are and higher. Depression plains are located between the mountains and plateaus. The southern mountain ranges include the Palandöken Mountains (highest peak Büyük Ejder high) and the Şahveled Mountains (highest peak Çakmak Mountain high). The northern mountain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuncay Güney
Tuncay Güney (; born 25 August 1972 in Kargı For details, sefolder 398of the indictment's annex.), code name "Ipek" (silk), is a Turkish citizen of Dönmeh Jewish origin 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 Intelligence Organization ( tr, Millî İstihbarat Teşkilâtı, MİT). The information Güney has gleaned on these organizations make him a key figure in the ongoing Ergenekon investigation. His statements form the backbone of the 2455-page Ergenekon indictment, which mentions him 492 times and labels him a suspect at large ( tr, firari şüpheli). Background and personal life Güney was born in the village of Gölet, Kargı, to Ali and Ayşe Güney; the youngest of three siblings. Güney says his family, whose roots can be traced to Egypt, was outcast by his community f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
