Mustafa Levent Göktaş

Mustafa Levent Göktaş
Birth nameMustafa Levent Göktaş
Born (1959-06-08) June 8, 1959 (age 65)
Erbaa, Tokat, Turkey
AllegianceTurkey
Service / branchTurkish Land Forces
Years of service1980–2005
RankColonel
Children2
Other workLawyer

Mustafa Levent Göktaş (born June 8, 1959[1]) is a Turkish colonel, who took part in the 1999 operation to catch 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.[3]

References

  1. ^ Ergenekon indictments
  2. ^ Yavuz, Ercan (2009-01-10). "Key colonel in Öcalan's capture among detainees". Today's Zaman. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
  3. ^ "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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