Cemal Temizöz
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Cemal Temizöz | |
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| Born | September 4, 1958 Çorum |
| Allegiance | Turkish |
| Service | Gendarmerie General Command |
| Years of service | 1979-2010 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Awards | Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Distinguished Courage and Self-Sacrifice |
Cemal Temizöz (born 4 September 1958) is a Turkish retired colonel. He was tried at the Şırnak death well trials and the Sledgehammer trials, which he received an amnesty for both.
Temizöz graduated from the Turkish Military Academy in 1979. He served in Cizre between 1993-1995 and carried out successful operations on erasing PKK from Cizre.[1] After his duty in Cizre, he commanded Aydın First Gendarmerie Education Battalion. Later, he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel and commanded Tekirdağ Provincial Gendarmerie Command. After that, he rose to the rank of colonel and commanded Denizli Provincial Gendarmerie Command. In January 2006, he was assigned for the investigation to be held in Haydarpaşa GATA. During the investigation, he found out patient information of relatives of Land Forces Commander Yaşar Büyükanıt was revealed by a Gülen movement member.[2] Later, he commanded Kayseri Provincial General Command. While in Kayseri, he detected 3 non-commissioned officers are working for the Gülen Movement. Their activities included giving out some documents to the movement and loading forged documents to the unit commander's computer.[3] Temizöz retired in 2010.