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Mehmet Eymür (born 1943 in Istanbul) is a retired Turkish intelligence official. He led the counter-terrorism department of the National Intelligence Organization (MIT), which he joined as a student in 1965 as a "pursuit officer" (Vorlage:Lang-tr).[1] He was the right-hand man for the MIT deputy undersecretary Hiram Abas,[2][3] who was assassinated in Kadıköy, Istanbul after leaving the service.

Eymür is writing a series called Teşkilat ("Organization") about MİT and its Counter-Terrorism Department.[4]

Career

Eymür gained fame for taking down numerous gangster in the "Godfathers Operation" (Vorlage:Lang-tr) while heading the Smuggling Department, in concert with Atilla Aytek of the police force's smuggling department (Vorlage:Lang-tr).

He prepared the controversial 1987 MIT Report that targeted former high ranking civil servants and politicians such as Nevzat Ayaz, Ünal Erkan and Mehmet Ağar.[5] The report was leaked, and published in 2000'e Doğru in January 1988. He was forced to resign on 10 June 1988 due to pressure.[6] The MIT said the report was prepared without proper authorization.[7] His colleague Hiram Abas, who was deputy chief of MIT and also discharged at the time, was critical of Eymür for divulging information.[8]

Eymür subsequently entered the ice producing business in Antalya with a MİT colleague called Korkut Eken, however this partnership ended after five years on acrimonious terms.[5][9]

When Tansu Çiller became prime minister in mid-1993, Eymür was appointed chief of the Special Intelligence Department (Vorlage:Lang-tr). Next came the Operations Department (Vorlage:Lang-tr), where he was deputy chief to Şenkal Atasagun. The two did not get along, so Eymür asked the undersecretary, Sönmez Köksal, for a different position.[10] On 31 January 1995, he was moved to the newly-established Counter-Terrorism Department.[6] The department, created on Çiller's orders,[11] was active in the Kurdish–Turkish conflict.

At the Counter-Terrorism Department, Eymür said he almost had the PKK's leader, Abdullah Öcalan, assassinated,[12] but failed due to irresponsible management of fiscal resources and sabotage (external, and inside the agency).[13] In a testimony to the Susurluk commission, Hanefi Avcı, former chief of the police force's intelligence department, said that Eymür's "gang" was illegal.[9]

Following the scandal, Eymür prepared what has come to be known as the Second MİT Report (the first was in 1987), based on the "Askar Simitko, Lazım Esmaeili and Tarık Ümit incident" file from his Counter-Terrorism Department. This report was controversial for being prepared without authorization, and then leaked.[14]

Avni Özgürel of Radikal says that the Counter-Terrorism Department was preceded by the Special Intelligence Department led by Hiram Abas. Çiller created an intelligence organization separate from the MİT subservient to her, called the Public Security Department (Vorlage:Lang-tr; KGB for short). Upon hearing news of unsavory activity from the organization, president Süleyman Demirel had it dismantled.[15]

When Mesut Yılmaz replaced Çiller as prime minister in March 1996, he ordered the fifty-person department dissolved.[16] Eymür assigned to Washington, D.C. as a MİT representative to U.S. intelligence agencies and security firms.[10] He also faced criminal charges in Turkey.[17] Yılmaz said that the MİT strongly opposed Eymür's gang, and that such illegal activities now take place in the General Directorate of Security (police force) instead. Yılmaz said that the illegal group was loyal to Fethullah Gülen, a notable religious figure.[11]

Eymür returned to Turkey in 1998 to help prepare a report against Atasagun, then the undersecretary of the MİT, who had recommended Eymür's dismissal and the dissolution of his Counter-Terrorism Department to Prime Minister Yılmaz in 1997.[9]

Eymür finally left the MİT in 1999, and moved to McLean, Virginia; the seat of the CIA.[18] He says he would entertain offers to consult the CIA as a terrorism expert.[19]

Allegations

Eymür is also blamed for Necip Hablemitoglu assassination. After Necip Hablemitoglu accused Eymür of being a CIA agent, Hablemitoglu was killed in front of his house in November 2002. According to sources, such as his former colleague, Kasif Kozinoglu (Former MIT employee), Eymür was responsible for a famous Turkish journalist Ugur Mumcu's 1993 assassination.

According to the U.S. Intelligence sources, Mehmet Eymur was the desk officer of Mahmut Yildirim who was known as "Green" (Yesil). According to Turkish Intelligence sources, Mahmut Yildirim was responsible for killing Cem Ersever, Necip Hablemitoglu, Ugur Mumcu and many other intellectuals, academicians and local kurdish leaders.

After Mehmet Eymür returned to Turkey from Washington DC in 2004, he began working with Sudi Ozkan who has been involved in an international money laundering business. Sudi Ozkan opened gambling businesses and casinos in the former Soviet Republics and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Eymür worked with Sudi Ozkan from 2004 to 2009. According to the US sources, Mehmet Eymür's son, Alp Eymür is also in the same money laundering business in Romania.

Ergenekon

Most recently, he has been mentioned numerous times in the Turkish press as being the superior of Tuncay Güney; the mysterious figure, who helped launch the Ergenekon investigation. Eymür vehemently denies any connection.[20]

Mehmet Eymur played a very important role in the Ergenekon trials. He tried to influence the prosecutors and Turkish police; however, his manipulation tactics have not been as affective as he wanted them to be.

According to Kasif Kozinoglu, Mehmet Eymur has an extensive circle of journalist agents, such as Guler Komurcu, Tuncay Guney, Nevzat Atal, Abdurrahman Simsek, Ferhat Unlu and many other low level journalists and he uses them to collect personal and political information of political leaders, bureaucrats and public intellectuals in Turkey.

Personal life

He has a spouse called Janset;[9] a son, Alp,[21] and a daughter, Ayşe. His father, Mazhar, was a member of the MİT's progenitor, the National Security Service (MAH). He took part in suppressing the Dersim rebellion.[22] Eymür joined the agency after completing TED Ankara Koleji.[6] He attended the İstanbul Academy of Economic and Financial Sciences (Vorlage:Lang-tr).[21]

According to some sources, Mehmet Eymur and his wife, Canset Eymur were granted a green card by the U.S. Homeland Security.

Books

  • Ferhat Ünlü (2001), Eymür'ün aynası: eski MİT yöneticisi anlatıyor, Metis Yayınları

References

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  1. ↑ Mehmet Eymür'den şok iddialar.. In: Milliyet, 28. Oktober 2008. Abgerufen am 23. November 2008 (turkish). 
  2. ↑ Serdar Çelik: Turkey's Killing Machine: The Contra-Guerrilla Force. In: Kurdistan Report. 17. Jahrgang (hartford-hwp.com [abgerufen am 20. September 2008]). (note: the author—actually Selahattin Çelik—is affiliated with the PKK)
  3. ↑ Mehmet Akif Beki: Whose gang is this? (Memento des Originals vom 14. November 2008) In: Turkish Daily News, 17. Januar 1997 „Mehmet Eymur, the present branch chairman of the counterespionage department in the MIT, was amongst Hiram Abas' team.“ 
  4. ↑ Sema Denker: Teşkilat'in Sırları In: Hürriyet, 24. Januar 2007. Abgerufen am 29. November 2008 (turkish). 
  5. ↑ a b Mercan, Faruk: Özel Dostalar/Mehmet Eymür-İstihbaratçının dava dosyası In: Zaman, 12. April 2000. Abgerufen am 30. August 2010 (turkish). 
  6. ↑ a b c MİT'i sarsacak suçlama In: Hürriyet, 24. August 1998. Abgerufen am 3. Dezember 2008 (turkish). 
  7. ↑ Sedef Şenkal Demir: Ergenekon dosyasındaki 15 MİT raporu sahte çıktı In: Gazeteport, 13. August 2008. Abgerufen am 24. September 2008 (turkish). „Müsteşarlığımıza atfedilen 1987 tarihli MİT Raporu şeklinde bir belgeye kayıtlarımızda rastlanmadığı, ancak raporun, eski mensubumuz Mehmet Eymür tarafından, Teşkilat metot ve prensiplerine aykırı olarak ve hiyerarşik yapı içerisinde hiç bir emir ve izne dayanmaksızın hazırlanan 1987 tarihli etüt olduğunun değerlendirildiği...“ 
  8. ↑ Ferhat Ünlü: 'Abas: Başımıza ne geldiyse geveze Mehmet yüzünden geldi' In: Sabah, 16. Juli 2007. Abgerufen am 18. Dezember 2008 (turkish). „Başımıza ne geldiyse bu geveze Mehmet'in (Eymür) yüzünden geldi.“ 
  9. ↑ a b c d State gangs are being cleaned out (Memento des Originals vom 14. November 2008) In: Turkish Daily News, 25. August 1998 
  10. ↑ a b Tolga Akiner: Güney, Mehmet Eymür’ün elemanı mı? In: Radikal, 27. November 2008 (turkish). 
  11. ↑ a b Meltem Yılmaz: Yasadışı oluşum Emniyet'e kaydı In: Cumhuriyet, 28. November 2008. Abgerufen am 29. November 2008 (turkish). 
  12. ↑ Eymür: Deniz Feneri case retaliation for Ergenekon probe In: Today's Zaman, 29. Oktober 2008. Abgerufen am 29. November 2008  Vorlage:Toter Link/!...nourl (Seite nicht mehr abrufbar, festgestellt im November 2010.)
  13. ↑ Faruk Mercan: Asala operasyonlarını Kenan Evren'in kızı yönetti. In: Aksiyon. 509. Jahrgang. Feza Gazetecilik A.Ş., 6. September 2004 (türkisch, com.tr [abgerufen am 13. Dezember 2008]). Vorlage:Toter Link/!...nourl (Seite nicht mehr abrufbar, festgestellt im Oktober 2010.)
  14. ↑ MİT, Eymür için 'başına buyruk' dedi In: Gazeteport, 31. Oktober 2008. Abgerufen am 18. Dezember 2008 (turkish). 
  15. ↑ Ecevit Kilic: Kontr-Terör'ün resmi kaydı yok In: Sabah, 1. Dezember 2008. Abgerufen am 3. Dezember 2008 (turkish). 
  16. ↑ Soner Gurel: İşte Kontrterör’ün tartışmalı tarihi In: Hürriyet, 28. November 2008. Abgerufen am 29. November 2008 (turkish). 
  17. ↑ Amberin Zaman: Ex-Spy Spins Web of Collusion in Turkey's War Against Kurds In: Los Angeles Times, 19. August 2000, S. A-2. Abgerufen am 19. September 2008 
  18. ↑ Atar, Ersan, Sik, Barsin: Eymur'un acik adresi elcilikte In: Milliyet, 23. Mai 2000. Abgerufen am 12. Dezember 2008 (turkish). 
  19. ↑ Savaş Suzal: Eymür: Teklif edilse CIA'de çalışabilirim In: Sabah, 11. März 2000. Abgerufen am 17. Dezember 2008 (turkish). 
  20. ↑ Eymür, Mehmet: İstihbarat Uzmanları. In: Anadolu Türk Interneti. 2. Dezember 2008, abgerufen am 3. Dezember 2008 (türkisch).
  21. ↑ a b Eymür, Mehmet: Hukuk Mücadelem. In: Anadolu Türk Interneti. 25. Oktober 2008, abgerufen am 3. Dezember 2008 (türkisch).
  22. ↑ Ferhat Ünlü: MİT'te iç çekişme entrikaya yol açtı In: Sabah, 19. Juli 2007. Abgerufen am 18. Dezember 2008 (turkish). „Mazhar Eymür de bir subaydı ve cumhuriyetin ilk yıllarında Dersim isyanının bastırılmasında rol almıştı.“  Vorlage:Toter Link/!...nourl (Seite nicht mehr abrufbar, festgestellt im Oktober 2010.)
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