Mustafa Levent Göktaş

Mustafa Levent Göktaş (born June 8, 1959^[1]) is a Turkish colonel, who took part in the 1999 operation to catch Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the Kurdish terrorist organization PKK, designated as a terrorist organisation in Turkey. In January 2009, Göktaş was detained in the Ergenekon investigation.^[2] Göktaş was released on 10 March 2014, along with other Ergenekon defendants.

Mustafa Levent Göktaş
Birth name	Mustafa Levent Göktaş
Born	(1959-06-08) June 8, 1959 (age 65) Erbaa, Tokat, Turkey
Allegiance	Turkey
Service / branch	Turkish Land Forces
Years of service	1980–2005
Rank	Colonel
Children	2
Other work	Lawyer

He is a member of the Special Forces Command (Turkish: Özel Kuvvetler Komutanlığı); an elite special forces unit.^[3]

References

1. Ergenekon indictments
2. Yavuz, Ercan (2009-01-10). "Key colonel in Öcalan's capture among detainees". Today's Zaman. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
3. "9 muvazzaf subay adliyede sorgulanıyor". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 2009-01-09. Retrieved 2009-01-09.

https://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/other/des/123085.htm