Mustafa Levent Göktaş
Mustafa Levent Göktaş | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mustafa Levent Göktaş June 8, 1959 |
| Allegiance | Turkey |
Branch | Turkish Land Forces |
Service years | 1980–2005 |
Rank | Colonel |
| Children | 2 |
| Other work | Lawyer |
Mustafa Levent Göktaş (born June 8, 1959[1]) is a Turkish colonel, who took part in the 1999 operation to capture Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the Kurdish terrorist organization PKK, designated as a terrorist organisation in Turkey. In January 2009, Göktaş was detained in the Ergenekon investigation.[2] Göktaş was released on 10 March 2014, along with other Ergenekon defendants.
He is a member of the Special Forces Command (Turkish: Özel Kuvvetler Komutanlığı); an elite special forces unit of the Turkish Armed Forces.[3]
References
- ↑ "3. Ergenekon İddianamesi/ŞÜPHELİLER - Vikikaynak". tr.wikisource.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 2026-06-15.
- ↑ 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.