Doğan Öz

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Doğan Öz (1934 - 24 March 1978), was a Turkish prosecutor. He was assassinated in 1978 while investigating the Turkish deep state. In 1978 he wrote a report for Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit accusing clandestine groups of creating chaos in order to lay the ground for a military takeover.[1] Haluk Kırcı, a Grey Wolves activist, was implicated in his assassination.

A Grey Wolves member named İbrahim Çiftçi was found guilty of the assassination; however his conviction was overturned "after his attorney submitted a document showing that his file was held by the Ministry of Defense".[2]

References

  1. Hüseyin Gülerce, Spirits of Doğan Öz and Uğur Mumcu ask about Baykal, Today's Zaman, 15 January 2010
  2. H. Akin Ünver (2009), "Turkey’s “Deep-State” and the Ergenekon Conundrum", The Middle East Institute Policy Brief 23, April 2009 p8-9; citing Can Dündar's TV-documentary series “40 Dakika” [40 minutes], broadcast on January 7, 1997