Preceded by Adnan Dogu Preceded by Bulent Turker Allegiance Turkey Name Burhanettin Bigali | Succeeded by Esref Bitlis Succeeded by Hayri Undul Service/branch Turkish Army | |
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Burhanettin Bigalı (1927 – 19 September 2016) was a Turkish general; he retired in 1990. He was head of the National Intelligence Organization (1981 - 1986) and later General Commander of the Gendarmerie of Turkey (1988 - 1990).
Arif Doğan has claimed in court that he founded the Gendarmerie's JITEM intelligence unit in the late 1980s on the orders of Bigalı, with the approval of the Chief of Staff and of the Interior Ministry.
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