Muzaffer Tekin (28 October 1950, in

Çankırı Çankırı, historically known as Gangra (Greek: Γάγγρα), is the capital city of Çankırı Province, in Turkey, about northeast of Ankara. It is situated about 800 m (2500 ft) above sea level. History Çankırı was known in ...

– 1 April 2015) is a former member of Turkey's

Special Warfare Department The Special Warfare Department (SWD, tr, Özel Harp Dairesi (ÖHD)) was the special forces unit of the Turkish Army. Founded in 1965, it was formed out of the Army's Tactical Mobilisation Group ( tr, Seferberlik Taktik Kurulu, STK). It was disban ...

, and a suspect in the

Ergenekon trials The Ergenekon trials were a series of high-profile trials which took place on 2008–2016 in Turkey in which 275 people, including military officers, journalists and opposition lawmakers, all alleged members of Ergenekon, a suspected secularist ...

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 The Turkish Military Academy ( tr, Kara Harp Okulu) is a four-year co-educational military academy and part of the National Defence University. It is located in the center of Ankara, Turkey. Its mission is to develop cadets mentally and ph ...

in 1972, where he had been a classmate of

Cem Ersever Ahmet Cem Ersever (1950 – 4 November 1993) was a commander in the Turkish Gendarmerie, and said to be one of the founders of the Gendarmerie's JITEM intelligence unit. He was assassinated in November 1993.) is a retired Turkish brigadier-general ...

, and served in the

. He participated in the

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, and according to

Oktay Yıldırım Oktay Yıldırım (born 28 September 1971) is a former member of Turkey's Special Warfare Department, and was a defendant in the Ergenekon trials as well as the Turkish Council of State shooting. On 5 August 2013 Yıldırım was sentenced to 33 ye ...

was "the only lieutenant who ever received a gold medal for his work in the Cyprus Peace Operation". He was forced to retire in 1986, having reached the rank of captain,''

Milliyet ''Milliyet'' (Turkish for "''nationality''") is a Turkish daily newspaper published in Istanbul, Turkey. History and profile ''Milliyet'' came to publishing life at the Nuri Akça press in Babıali, Istanbul as a daily private newspaper on 3 Ma ...

'', 23 July 2008
Bombanın kilidi Tekin
/ref> due to a Supreme Military Council (YAŞ) decision in relation to a fight Tekin was involved in. In 2007 he said that he had served in the armed forces together with

, and said that Yıldırım was "like my son". Tekin was a partner in finance company

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, in which Turkish Council of State shooter

Alparslan Arslan Alparslan Arslan (born 1977 in Kiğı) is a Turkish criminal convicted for murdering Council of State member Mustafa Yücel Özbilgin, and wounding four others. He also took part in the bombing of the newspaper '' Cumhuriyet'' along with Osman Yı ...

worked as a lawyer. In 2007 ''

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'' 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.

Trials

Days after the Turkish Council of State shooting, the

National Intelligence Organization The National Intelligence Organization ( tr, Millî İstihbarat Teşkilatı, MİT) is the state intelligence agency of Turkey. Established in 1965 to replace National Security Service, its aim is to gather information about the current and po ...

(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 Vatansever Kuvvetler Güç Birliği Hareketi (VKGB, variously translated as ''Union of Patriotic Forces'', ''Association for the Union of Patriotic Forces'', ''Power Union of Patriotic Forces'' etc.) is a Turkish ultranationalist group, various me ...

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

Today's Zaman ''Today's Zaman'' (Zaman is Turkish for 'time' or 'age') was an English-language daily newspaper based in Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcont ...

, 5 August 2013
Long sentences for Ergenekon suspects, life for ex-army chief
On March 10, 2014 upper courts determined that the rulings made in the Ergenekon case were improper and therefore released all prisoners. Since all these cases were proven to be a set up against the Turkish military forces with the intent to weaken them. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-ergenekon-idUSBREA291GB20140310

References

External links

Dön dolaş aynı isimler: 'Tekin'e komutan derlerdi'
- links with

Semih Tufan Gülaltay Semih Tufan Gülaltay (born 1968, in Kars) is the founder of the militant Turkish Revenge Brigade, and the National Unity Party ( tr, Ulusal Birlik Partisi). He was sentenced to nineteen years in prison for the attempted killing in 1998 of Human Ri ...

Council of State investigation leads to 'deep' facts
- links with

İbrahim Şahin İbrahim Şahin (born 20 August 1956) is a Turkish Ultranationalist and co conspirator in the murder of the Armenian Journalist Hrant Dink. He led General Directorate of Security's special forces unit, the Special Operations Department ( tr, ...

and

Veli Küçük Veli Küçük (born 9 May 1944, Türkmen, Gölpazarı, Bilecik, TurkeyToday's Zaman, 16 June 2009Ultranationalist Ergenekon suspect is of Armenian origin, magazine reveals/ref>) is a retired Turkish brigadier-general. He is thought to be the foun ...

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