Burhanettin Bigalı Explained

Burhanettin Bigalı
Birth Place:Istanbul
Death Date:19 September
Office:General Commander of the Gendarmerie of Turkey
Term Start:23 August 1988
Term End:30 August 1990
Predecessor:Adnan Doğu
Successor:Eşref Bitlis
Term Start1:7 September 1981
Term End1:14 August 1986[1]
Predecessor1:Bülent Türker
Successor1:Hayri Ündül
Allegiance:Turkey
Branch:Turkish Army
Serviceyears:1948-1990
Rank:General
Unit:Infantry
Battles:Korean War

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).

He was born in 1927 in Dereköy, Çanakkale, Biga. He belongs to the Chundyshk (Цундышк) dynasty of the Circassians.[2]

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.[3]

Notes and References

  1. kimkimdir.gen.tr, Korg. Burhanettin Bigalı (1927 - ....)
  2. Book: Ferhatko Şıble . Batı Çerkesya'nın Türkiye'deki Evlatları . 2022 . Apra Yayıncılık . Istanbul . 978-605-71993-1-7 . 29 . tr.
  3. [Hurriyet Daily News]