Fikret Emek (born 20 September 1963 in Emirdağ) is a retired soldier from the Special Forces Command (, ÖKK); a
special forces unit active in the Kurdish–Turkish conflict.
He was one of the first people detained in the Ergenekon investigation; an investigation into a supposed neonationalist organization that allegedly planned to overthrow the Turkish government. The investigation started when 27 grenades allegedly belonging to him were discovered following a then anonymous tip-off.[
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Biography
Emek was born in Emirdağ. In 1985 he graduated from the Turkish Military Academy (). Later he joined the ÖKK, and retired in 2005.[
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He lives close to his widowed mother in Eskişehir.
Ergenekon
He is notable for possessing the most munitions of any person detained in the investigation; more than enough to flatten a twelve-floor reinforced concrete building. His mother was safekeeping the munitions which he allegedly he had seized from PKK militants while on duty.[Personally keeping weapons belonging to the enemy is illegal in Turkey.] Also confiscated were numerous documents including classified military information,[Such as the country's "most secret" document, the National Security Policy Document (), also known as the Red Book.] and .[
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On 5 August 2013 Emek was sentenced to 41 years and four months.[Today's Zaman, 5 August 2013, Long sentences for Ergenekon suspects, life for ex-army chief ]
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