Fikret Emek (born 20 September 1963 in
Emirdağ) is a retired soldier from the
Special Forces Command ( tr, Özel Kuvvetler Komutanlığı, ÖKK); a
special forces
Special forces and special operations forces (SOF) are military units trained to conduct special operations. NATO has defined special operations as "military activities conducted by specially designated, organized, selected, trained and equip ...
unit active in the
Kurdish–Turkish conflict.
He was one of the first people detained in the
Ergenekon investigation; an investigation into a supposed
neonationalist organization that allegedly planned to overthrow the Turkish government. The investigation started when 27 grenades allegedly belonging to him were discovered following a then anonymous tip-off.
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Biography
Emek was born in Emirdağ. In 1985 he graduated from the Turkish Military Academy ( tr, Kara Harp Okulu). Later he joined the ÖKK, and retired in 2005.[
He lives close to his widowed mother in Eskişehir.]
Ergenekon
He is notable for possessing the most munitions of any person detained in the investigation; more than enough to flatten a twelve-floor reinforced concrete building. His mother was safekeeping the munitions which he allegedly he had seized from PKK militants while on duty.[Personally keeping weapons belonging to the enemy is illegal in Turkey.] Also confiscated were numerous documents including classified military information,[Such as the country's "most secret" document, the National Security Policy Document ( tr, Milli Güvenlik Siyaset Belgesi), also known as the Red Book.] and black list
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s.[
On 5 August 2013 Emek was sentenced to 41 years and four months.]Today's Zaman
''Today's Zaman'' (Zaman is Turkish for 'time' or 'age') was an English-language daily newspaper based in Turkey. Established on 17 January 2007, it was the English-language edition of the Turkish daily '' Zaman.'' ''Today's Zaman'' included dom ...
, 5 August 2013
Long sentences for Ergenekon suspects, life for ex-army chief
Footnotes
References
1963 births
Living people
People from Emirdağ
Turkish Army officers
Turkish Military Academy alumni
People convicted in the Ergenekon trials
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