About Oktay Yıldırım
Born 1971. Oktay Yıldırım is a Turkish military officer.
Oktay Yıldırım (born 28 September 1971) is a former member of Turkey's Special Warfare Department, and was a defendant in the Ergenekon trials as well as the Turkish Council of State shooting. On 5 August 2013, then aged nearly 42, Yıldırım was sentenced to 33 years and 10 months. Yıldırım was a founder in 2005 of the Kuvayı Milliye Derneği, and was head of its Istanbul branch.
Yıldırım was stationed in the Hasdal barracks; he was in the 6th Infantry Brigade from August 1999 to April 2005. He retired in 2005 due to a disability.
Books Ergenekon bombalarının sırrı, Istanbul: Kaynak Yayınları, 2010. Savaşmadan Kaybetmek: "Türkiye'nin Silahsız İşgali", Kaynak Yayınları, 2010. Mehmetçik: Tarihsel ve İdeolojik Kökeni, Kaynak Yayınları, 2011.
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Who is Oktay Yıldırım?
Turkish special forces soldier
When was Oktay Yıldırım born?
Oktay Yıldırım was born on 28 September 1971 in Erzurum Province.
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Oktay Yıldırım is a military officer.
What nationality is Oktay Yıldırım?
Oktay Yıldırım is Turkish.
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