Korkut Eken

Korkut Eken (born 1945) is a Turkish security officer trained in special warfare. He became involved in the Susurluk scandal in Turkey after some of his subordinates, notably Ayhan Çarkın, were convicted of extrajudicial killings.

Career

Eken joined the Turkish Military Academy in 1963. He took part in the Cyprus landings on 20 July 1974. He joined the Special Warfare Department (Turkish: Özel Harp Dairesi) in 1978. He received training in special warfare in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. He gained fame in 1981 after he led a raid to rescue a plane seized by Islamic militants in Diyarbakır.[1]

Eken was once involved in an ice producing business in Antalya with an MİT colleague called Mehmet Eymür; however this partnership ended after five years on acrimonious terms.[2][3]


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gollark: They probably don't actively have it after a month.
gollark: You know, it would be really funny if I edited Planck's constant and thus kilograms.
gollark: They just defined Planck's constant as a fixed value, and the only other units used in it are metres and seconds, which have a definition.

References
  1. "Korkut Eken'e vefa". Sabah (in Turkish). 2002-03-13. Retrieved 2009-01-12. |section= ignored (help)
  2. Mercan, Faruk (2000-04-12). "Özel Dostalar/Mehmet Eymür-İstihbaratçının dava dosyası". Zaman (in Turkish). Retrieved 2010-08-30.
  3. "State gangs are being cleaned out". Turkish Daily News. 1998-08-25. Alt URL


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