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4 detained in Kozinoğlu investigation, prosecutor's office announces charges

The Silivri Chief Public Prosecutor's Office announced 4 people were detained in Istanbul and Tekirdağ in the investigation into former intelligence agency MİT official Kaşif Kozinoğlu, who died in prison in 2011; charges include "intentional killing", forming a criminal organization, and violating Law No. 2937. Two former prosecutors were previously arrested.

Kaşif Kozinoğlu soruşturması: Hasan Atilla Uğur adliyeye sevk edildi — Photo: Artı Gerçek

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State media, Pro-government press, Neutral press, and Opposition press According to these sources, considering their ages and health conditions, the judgeship ruled for judicial control measures in the form of house arrest for retired Colonel Hasan Atilla Uğur and retired Captain Hasan Ataman Yıldırım.

Pro-government press According to this account, an arrest decision was issued for the two retired officers rather than house arrest.

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19 Sept 2026 4 detained in Kozinoğlu investigation, prosecutor's office announces charges The Silivri Chief Public Prosecutor's Office announced 4 people were detained in Istanbul and Tekirdağ in the investigation into former intelligence agency MİT official Kaşif Kozinoğlu, who died in prison in 2011; charges include "intentional killing", forming a criminal organization, and violating Law No. 2937. Two former prosecutors were previously arrested.
19 Sept 2026 Hasan Atilla Uğur's statement in Kozinoğlu investigation reported in press In the investigation into former intelligence agency MİT officer Kaşif Kozinoğlu, who died in a Silivri prison in 2011, cellmate Hasan Atilla Uğur, who was placed under house arrest, said he could not remember where he obtained the sublingual pill and blood pressure device he gave to Kozinoğlu.
18 Sept 2026 Murder and organized crime charges in Kozinoğlu investigation In the investigation into the 2011 death of Kaşif Kozinoğlu at Silivri Prison, retired officials Hasan Ataman Yıldırım and Hasan Atilla Uğur were placed under house arrest on charges of "intentional killing," while then-Silivri Chief Public Prosecutor Ali İşgören and prison prosecutor Necip Doğan were referred to a magistrate's court with a request for arrest on charges of "membership in a criminal organization."
17 Sept 2026 Detention orders for four in investigation into Kozinoğlu's 2011 death The Silivri Chief Public Prosecutor's Office issued detention orders for the then chief prosecutor, the prison prosecutor and two cellmates in the investigation into the prison death of intelligence agency MİT member Kaşif Kozinoğlu; three people were detained, while Hasan Atilla Uğur said he would return to Istanbul that evening to give a statement.