Şükrü Sarıışık

Şükrü Sarıışık
Secretary-General of the National Security Council
In office
26 August 2003  16 August 2004
Preceded by Tuncer Kılınç
Succeeded by Mehmet Yiğit Alpogan
Personal details
Born 1945
Konya
Military service
Allegiance Turkey
Service/branch Turkish Army
Years of service - 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]

References

Military offices
Preceded by
Fevzi Türkeri
Commander of the 2nd Army
17 August 2004 - 26 August 2006
Succeeded by
General Hasan Iğsız
Preceded by
Fethi Tuncel
Commander of the Aegean Army
August 2006 - August 2007
Succeeded by
General Necdet Ozel
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