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ISTANBUL POLICE DETAIN NATIONALIST 'HERO' OF KARABAKH WAR
Tert.am
02.06.11
The Istanbul police have detained a prominent figure of the
Nationalistic Movement party and participant of the Karabakh war,
Yusuf Zia Arpacik.
According to the Turkish TV channel NTV, Arpacik was among the 18
detainees arrested yesterday in Istanbul and Dyarbekir on suspicion
of arranging a terrorist plot at the party's leader Devlet Bahceli's
rally in Diyarberkir.
Arpacik is said to have been a respected Turkish field commander. He
was the personal bodyguard of Alparslan Turkesh, the founder and
former leader of the Nationalistic Movement party and the Grey Wolves
terrorist organization. A participant of the Nagorno Karabakh and
Iraqi wars, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison and is reported to
have twice taken to flight. He is also said to have connections with
retired general Veli Kucuk, a chief defendant in the Erhgenekon case.
In 1992, Arpacik joined the Turkish Union of Winds organization (a
detachment of retired servicemen of the Turkish armed forces) as a
commander and left for Nagorno Karabakh to fight against the Armenians.
Earlier this year, Arpacik announced that if the war in Karabakh
resumes he will join the Union's struggle once again to liberate what
he called Azerbaijani lands.
Tert.am
02.06.11
The Istanbul police have detained a prominent figure of the
Nationalistic Movement party and participant of the Karabakh war,
Yusuf Zia Arpacik.
According to the Turkish TV channel NTV, Arpacik was among the 18
detainees arrested yesterday in Istanbul and Dyarbekir on suspicion
of arranging a terrorist plot at the party's leader Devlet Bahceli's
rally in Diyarberkir.
Arpacik is said to have been a respected Turkish field commander. He
was the personal bodyguard of Alparslan Turkesh, the founder and
former leader of the Nationalistic Movement party and the Grey Wolves
terrorist organization. A participant of the Nagorno Karabakh and
Iraqi wars, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison and is reported to
have twice taken to flight. He is also said to have connections with
retired general Veli Kucuk, a chief defendant in the Erhgenekon case.
In 1992, Arpacik joined the Turkish Union of Winds organization (a
detachment of retired servicemen of the Turkish armed forces) as a
commander and left for Nagorno Karabakh to fight against the Armenians.
Earlier this year, Arpacik announced that if the war in Karabakh
resumes he will join the Union's struggle once again to liberate what
he called Azerbaijani lands.