The special authority in Beşiktaş, which is attached to the investigation conducted by Istanbul’s Chief Prosecutor, organized an operation to two addresses in Beykoz/İstanbul and in Ankara.
In the Beykoz address, which is claimed to be retired Gendarmerie Colonel Arif Doğan’s real estate office, three long-barreled rifles, three guns, shells for these weapons, 280 hand grenades and many documents were found.
It is claimed that Doğan is Veli Küçük’s close associate
Retired colonel Arif Doğan and two unidentified individuals were apprehended in connection with the operation.
According to the cnnturk.com, retired colonel Arif Doğan is a close associate of retired brigadier general Veli Küçük, one of the major suspects in the Ergenekon case.
Former acting president of the intelligence office of the Head of the Police Department Bülent Orakoğlu had identified Arif Doğan in one of his comments as the founder of JİTEM, the Gendarmerie Intelligence and Anti Terror Unit.
Arrest decision for Çömez and Ersin
Turan Çömez, who is in London for language education, and Levent Ersöz, who is thought to be in Russia, are to be arrested for the Ergenekon investigation.
The Ergenekon investigation had started when the police had found some weapons and hand grenades in a shack in Ümraniye in Istanbul on June 13 in 2007.
* This report was prepared using hurriyet.com.tr and cnnturk.com.
