Mustafa Levent Göktaş
Mustafa Levent Göktaş (born June 8, 1959 Tokat[1]) is a Turkish colonel, who took part in the 1999 operation to catch Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the Kurdish terror [2] organization PKK. In January 2009, Göktaş was detained in the Ergenekon investigation.[3]
He is a member of the Special Forces Command (Turkish: Özel Kuvvetler Komutanlı); an elite special forces unit.[4]
References[]
- ^ Ergenekon indictments
- ^ United States Department of State
- ^ Yavuz, Ercan (2009-01-10). "Key colonel in Öcalan's capture among detainees". Today's Zaman. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
- ^ "9 muvazzaf subay adliyede sorgulanıyor". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 2009-01-09. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
https://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/other/des/123085.htm
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