Şükrü Sarıışık | |
Birth Date: | 1945 |
Birth Place: | Konya |
Office: | Secretary-General of the National Security Council |
Term Start: | 26 August 2003 |
Term End: | 16 August 2004 |
Predecessor: | Tuncer Kılınç |
Successor: | Mehmet Yiğit Alpogan |
Allegiance: | Turkey |
Branch: | Turkish Army |
Serviceyears: | - 2007 |
Rank: | General |
Şükrü Sarıışık (born 1945, Konya[1]) is a retired Turkish general. He was Secretary-General of the National Security Council from 2003 to 2004,[2] and then Commander of the Second Army.[3]
Sarıışık was appointed Commander of the Aegean Army in August 2006.[4] He was one of a number of officers retired in August 2007 for "indiscipline".[5]
In 2012 Sarıışık was sentenced to 18 years in prison for his role in the 2003 "Sledgehammer" coup plan.[6]