Burhanettin Bigalı (1927 – 17 September 2016) was a Turkish general; he retired in 1990. He was head of the National Intelligence Organization (1981–1986) and later General Commander of the Gendarmerie of Turkey (1988– 1990).
He was born in 1927 in Dereköy, Biga, Çanakkale. He belongs to the Chundyshk (Цундышк) dynasty of the Circassians.
Arif Doğan has claimed in court that he founded the Gendarmerie's JITEM in the late 1980s on the orders of Bigalı, with the approval of the Chief of Staff and of the Interior Ministry.Hurriyet Daily News, 14 October 2010, October 2010 Turkish dailies leak contradictory testimony from retired colonel
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