Susurluk scandal
The Susurluk scandal ( Turkish: Susurluk scandalı ) is about a traffic accident in the Turkish town of Susurluk , Balıkesir Province , on November 3, 1996 . Four high-ranking people from Turkey were killed.
Victims, Accidents and Consequences
The fatalities included the Deputy Police President of Istanbul Hüseyin Kocadağ ; Abdullah Çatlı , a leading member of the right-wing extremist Gray Wolves and wanted drug dealer and hit man , as well as his lover, former beauty queen Gonca Us. The Right Path Party (DYP) MP, large landowner and leader of several village protection units , Sedat Edip Bucak , survived seriously injured.
Finding these people in the wrecked car increased the discussion about the involvement of the Turkish state in illegal activities (see Deep State ). In addition, six forged passports (each with different names), several thousand US dollars, a packet of narcotics, gun licenses and several handguns with silencers were found in the wreck and seized. According to test reports, these utensils belonged to Abdullah Çatlı, who u. a. was previously known to the judiciary through the shooting of seven socialist students in 1978 and through helping the papist Mehmet Ali Ağca to escape from a military prison in Istanbul in 1979.
After the bodies had been identified, journalists and the opposition asked for an explanation of how it could be that Abdullah Çatlı, who had escaped from a Swiss prison in 1990 for heroin trafficking and was wanted by Interpol , was in a car with him stopped high officials. The increasing pressure from protests by the civilian population, who demanded a swift and full investigation, led to a parliamentary commission of inquiry. Due to the pressure, the then Interior Minister Mehmet Ağar and several senior officials, including the Istanbul Police President, resigned. According to the 1998 Annual Report of the Turkey Human Rights Foundation , the Susurluk scandal brought "links between politicians, police and armed activists" to light. The 1998 Human Rights Report stated: “This accident covered the cooperation and common interests of right-wing violent criminals wanted for political crimes, involved in mafia activities and who supported the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), on the one hand, and high-ranking administrative officials , Police officers, special forces, avowed militants and village guards on the other hand. "
Web links
- Respect for a killer. In: Der Spiegel . Retrieved January 27, 1997 .
- 12 yasak sayfa. In: Taraf . August 9, 2008, accessed December 1, 2008 (Turkish).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stephen Kinzer : Scandal Links Turkish Aides To Deaths, Drugs and Terror. The New York Times, December 10, 1996, accessed November 3, 2016 .
- ↑ Martin A. Lee: On the Trail of Turkey's Terrorist Gray Wolves
- ↑ 1998 Human Rights Report. (PDF) HRFT - Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, p. 39 , accessed on November 3, 2016 (English).