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Fikri Mehmet Karadağ is a retired Turkish army colonel who was indicted for treason in the Ergenekon investigation for allegedly heading ultra-nationalist organizations called the Association for the Union of Patriotic Forces (Turkish: Vatansever Kuvvetler Güç Birliği Hareketi), and the Kuvayı Milliye Derneği (National Forces Society).
Posts
| Start | Finish | Title | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 June 1998 | 17 August 2000 | Teacher at the Armed Forces Academic Educational Command (Turkish: Silahlı Kuvvetler Akademik Öğretim Elemanı) | Yeni Levent, Istanbul |
| 18 August 2000 | 14 June 2001 | Staff Commander at the 3rd Army Corps Command (Turkish: İstanbul Ayazağa'da 3. Kolordu Komutanlığı Kurmay Başkanlığı | Ayazağa, Istanbul |
| 15 June 2001 | 9 August 2001 | Assistant Commander at the 3rd Army Corps Command and Commander of the Mechanized Infantry Division (Turkish: 3. Kolordu Komutanlığı Yardımcılığı ve Mekanize Piyade Tümeni) | Hasdal, Istanbul |
| 10 August 2001 | Administrator at the Armed Forces Academic Educational Command (Turkish: Silahlı Kuvvetler Akademik Öğretim Başkanlığı) | Yeni Levent, Istanbul |
Ergenekon
It has been alleged that Karadağ is connected to the assassination of businessman Üzeyir Garih on the basis that the perpetrators knew or were subordinate to Karadağ. Garih was assassinated on 25 August 2001 by Yener Yermez, of the Hasdal barracks' café (Turkish: çay ocağı). Also working in the café was lieutenant Murat Oğuz, who got caught in 2001 for petty fraud with the Ergenekon investigation's key figure, Tuncay Güney. It is alleged that both Oğuz and Yermez were subordinate to Karadağ, in the capacity of Commander of the Mechanized Regiment (Turkish: Mekanize Alay Komutanı).
Ergenekon suspect Oktay Yıldırım (whose grenades in Ümraniye launched the investigation) was also stationed in the Hasdal barracks. Yıldırım was in the 6th Infantry Brigade (Turkish: Hasdal Kışlası 6. Piyade Tugayı) from August 1999 to April 2005.