Hulusi Sayın (28 April 1926 – 30 January 1991) was a general in the Turkish Gendarmerie, and may have been involved with the Gendarmerie's JITEM intelligence unit. He retired in 1989 and become an adviser to the Prime Minister's office. He was assassinated outside his home in January 1991; the assassination was claimed by Dev Sol, a leftist organization.Associated Press, 30 January 1991, Assassins Kill Turkish Military Adviser At the time of his death Sayın was known to be advocating a peaceful solution to the Kurdish–Turkish conflict.Today's Zaman, 4 October 2010, All officers on Bitlis’ team killed in unsolved murders, daily claims
Sayın graduated from the Turkish Military Academy in 1948 and the Turkish Military College in 1964.
A high school in his home town is named for him.
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