Abdullah Çatlı
Abdullah Çatlı | |
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MİT agent, espionage | |
Spouse | Meral Aydoğan (1974–1996) |
Abdullah Çatlı (1 June 1956 – 3 November 1996) was a Turkish secret government agent,
Career
Çatlı was born to a
1978–1984
Çatlı was responsible, along with
He is also said to have helped
Çatlı then went to France, where, under the alias of Hasan Kurtoğlu, he planned a series of attacks (18 in France and the rest in
1984–1996
The
Turkish Prime Minister Tansu Çiller declared on 4 October 1993: "We know the list of businessmen and artists subjected to racketeering by the PKK and we shall be bringing their members to account." Beginning on 14 January 1994, almost a hundred people were kidnapped by commandos wearing uniforms and travelling in police vehicles and then killed somewhere along the road from Ankara to Istanbul. Çatlı demanded money from people who were on "Çiller's list", promising to get their names removed. One of his victims, Behçet Cantürk, was to pay ten million dollars, to which casino king Ömer Lütfü Topal added a further seventeen million. However, after receiving the money, he then went on to have them kidnapped and killed, and sometimes tortured beforehand.[2]
According to
Death
Çatlı died in a
At the time of his death, Çatlı was a convicted fugitive, wanted for drug trafficking and murder but carried on him 6 different identifications of which one was an official
Personal life
Çatlı's father was Ahmet Çatlıoğlu; the "-oğlu" suffix is a patronymic. Çatlı had a brother, Zeki. Abdullah Çatlı married his neighbor Meral Aydoğan on 10 August 1974.[20][21] On 22 May 1975, they had a daughter named Gökçen, who is currently a doctoral student in politics and international relations.[22] Later he had another daughter, Selcen.[23]
Bibliography
His daughter Gökçen wrote a biography, referring to diaries stretching back ten years, in order to correct alleged inaccuracies that were circulated after his death.[24] Gökçen said "My father had his own understanding of justice. He was trying to achieve this justice with his group on behalf of his nation."[25]
- Çatlı, Gökçen (2000). Babam Çatlı. Timaş. ISBN 975-362-573-1.
Another book was written by Soner Yalçın and Doğan Yurdakul, titled Reis: Gladio'nun Türk Tetikçisi ("The Chief: Gladio's Turkish Hitman").[citation needed]
Abdullah Çatlı in fiction
- Bruce Sterling's 2000 novel Zeitgeist includes a major character ("Mehmet Ozbey") loosely based on Çatlı.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b Kinzer, Stephen (10 December 1996). "Scandal Links Turkish Aides to Deaths, Drugs and Terror". The New York Times. pp. A1, A14.
- ^ a b c d Nezan, Kendal (5 July 1998). "Turkey's pivotal role in the international drug trade". Le Monde diplomatique.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ Jenkins, Gareth (28 December 2008). "Susurluk and the Legacy of Turkey's Dirty War". Terrorism Monitor. 6 (9). Jamestown Foundation. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
...Abdullah Catli, a wanted Mafia hitman and convicted heroin smuggler...
- ^ Korkmaz, Tamer (27 July 2008). "Kim, kimin nesi oluyor?". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 28 December 2008.
Çatlı da NATO-ABD orijinli 'Mister Kontrgerilla'nın 'sağcı' tetikçisiydi.
(English Archived 26 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine) - ^ a b Lee, Martin A. (1 March 1997). "Les liaisons dangereuses de la police turque". Le Monde diplomatique (in French). Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ Yalçın, Soner; Yurdakul, Doğan (1997). "The Bahcelievler Massacre". Reis: Gladio'nun Türk Tetikçisi (in Turkish). Su Yayinlari.
- ^ a b Lucy Komisar (6 April 1997), The Assassins of a Pope Archived 11 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Albion Monitor.
- ^ a b c d e "TÜRKEI : Hochachtung vor einem Killer". www.spiegel.de. October 1997. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ Dündar, Can (5 December 1996). "Biraz Daha Gayret, Çözülüyor..." Milliyet (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 23 December 2008.
Saint-Pierre'in Kurtları kitabıyla tanıdığımız Fransız gazeteci Stoerkel, Abdullah Çatlı'nın 1982 yılında İtalyan Gladio ajanı Chiaie ile birlikte Amerikan koruması altında Miami'ye girdiğini açıklıyordu.
- ^ ISSN 0885-0607.
- ^ Today's Zaman, 8 December 2011, Mehmet Eymür exposes more of web of dirty liaisons Archived 15 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- Hurriyet Daily News, 16 December 1996, Turkish Press Scanner
- ISBN 978-0-307-49199-2.
- ^ a b "Who's who in Politics in Turkey" (PDF). Heinrich Böll Stiftung. pp. 6–7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- Turkish Daily News. Hürriyet. 6 December 1996. Archived from the originalon 1 July 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
- ^ a b c Gunter, Michael M. (1 June 1998).p.121
- S2CID 154033736.
- Turkish Daily News. Hürriyet. Archived from the originalon 14 January 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
- ^ "Dügün Davetiyesi". Official Web site of Abdullah Çatlı. Archived from the original on 19 October 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
- ^ "FOTOĞRAF ALBÜMÜ". Official Web site of Abdullah Çatlı (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 22 November 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
- ^ "Gökçen Çatlı hakkında (About G. atlı)". Official Web site of Abdullah Çatlı (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 22 November 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
- ^ "Reis'in kızına dolarlı nişan". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- Turkish Daily News. Archived from the original on 28 June 2007. Alt URL
External links
- Bozarslan, Hamit (1999), Network-Building, Ethnicity and Violence In Turkey