Fikret Emek (born 20 September 1963 in Emirdağ) is a retired soldier from the Special Forces Command (Turkish: Özel Kuvvetler Komutanlığı, ÖKK); a special forces 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.[1]

Biography

Emek was born in Emirdağ. In 1985 he graduated from the Turkish Military Academy (Turkish: Kara Harp Okulu). Later he joined the ÖKK, and retired in 2005.[1]

He lives close to his widowed mother in Eskişehir.[1]

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.[notes 1] Also confiscated were numerous documents including classified military information,[notes 2] and black lists.[1]

On 5 August 2013 Emek was sentenced to 41 years and four months.[2]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Personally keeping weapons belonging to the enemy is illegal in Turkey.
  2. ↑ Such as the country's "most secret" document, the National Security Policy Document (Turkish: Milli Güvenlik Siyaset Belgesi), also known as the Red Book.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Şardan, Tolga; Tahincioğlu, Gökçer (2008-07-22). "Ergenekon'da kritik kavşak". Siyaset. Milliyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2009-01-06.
  2. ↑ Today's Zaman, 5 August 2013, Long sentences for Ergenekon suspects, life for ex-army chief Archived August 6, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
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