Metin Gürak, recently appointed Turkey’s chief of general staff, has been accused of clandestinely forming an assassination squad to carry out attacks and murders targeting minority groups, especially non-Muslims, all under the guise of counterterrorism efforts.

A trove of evidence shedding light on the existence of this covert squad has emerged from an extensive review of hundreds of legal documents by Nordic Monitor. These documents reveal a disturbing picture of Turkey’s top commander, who is alleged to have exceeded his mandate, violated laws and acted as a rogue general.

A shocking disclosure regarding Gürak’s covert hit squad was brought to light by İbrahim Şahin, the former deputy chief of the police department special operations unit. Şahin is a notorious figure who was convicted of involvement in extrajudicial killings during his time at the police department in the late 1990s.

See Also:

The vehicle of the Indian mission lands for the first “walk” on the surface of the Moon (video)

Arrested in January 2009, Şahin provided a comprehensive account of his interactions with Gürak to the public prosecutor and later testified in court, revealing how he was secretly meeting with Gürak when the general was head of the General Staff communications department.

Continue here: Nordic Monitor