Yekta Güngör Özden Explained

Yekta Güngör Özden (born 1932) is a Turkish judge, and former president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey.

He was born in Niksar, a town in Tokat province of Turkey, in 1932. He was the president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey,[1] from 8 May 1991 until 8 May 1995, and from 23 May 1995 until 1 January 1998, when he retired.[2] He also was the head of "Atatürkçü Düşünce Derneği" (ADD), a leading Turkish non-governmental organization, that has organized Republic Protests, a peaceful mass rally of more than 300,000 people, in Ankara, on 14–15 April 2007.

Recently, he was implicated in the Ergenekon scandal, for allegedly being a CIA .[3] The journalist who made the accusation, Zihni Çakır, has been detained on charges of acquiring state secrets and fraudulent bankruptcy.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Yekta Güngör Özden: 184 yeter. tr . Zaman. 2007-04-11. 2007-04-17.
  2. Web site: Anayasa Mahkemesi Emekli Başkanları. tr. 2007-04-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070222145343/http://www.anayasa.gov.tr/eskisite/emekli.htm . 2007-02-22.
  3. News: Ergenekon Investigation Takes In The Journalist Zihni Çakır. Bianet. 2008-05-27. 2008-07-21.