İsmail Selen

İsmail Selen (1931, Bolu - 23 May 1991, Ankara) was a retired general in the Turkish Gendarmerie. He was assassinated in 1991. DHKP/C member Necmi Suma was sentenced to 12 years for his murder.[1] In 2011 Col. Arif Doğan claimed that the Turkish Gendarmerie's Cem Ersever had ordered Selen's assassination.[2]

Selen graduated from the Turkish Military Academy in 1954 and the Turkish Military College in 1970. He was promoted to Brigadier-General in 1980 and to Major-General in 1984, becoming Chief of Staff of the Gendarmerie General Command in 1985. He retired at his own request on 15 July 1989.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Today's Zaman, 18 September 2012, Germany accused of protecting terrorist from extradition
  2. ↑ Dogan News Agency, 23 January 2011, ‘General Selen’i Ersever öldürttü!'
  3. ↑ M. Metin Kaplan, 24 May 2011, ulkucudunya.com, İSMAİL SELEN SUİKASTI
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