Oktay Yıldırım (born 28 September 1971) is a former member of Turkey's Special Warfare Department, and was a defendant in the Ergenekon trials as well as the Turkish Council of State shooting. On 5 August 2013, then aged nearly 42, Yıldırım was sentenced to 33 years and 10 months.Today's Zaman, 5 August 2013, Long sentences for Ergenekon suspects, life for ex-army chief Yıldırım was a founder in 2005 of the Kuvayı Milliye Derneği, and was head of its Istanbul branch.Hurriyet Daily News, 15 June 2007, Weapons cache linked to retired officers
Yıldırım was stationed in the Hasdal barracks; he was in the 6th Infantry Brigade () from August 1999 to April 2005. He retired in 2005 due to a disability.Milliyet, 23 July 2008, Bombanın kilidi Tekin
Books Ergenekon bombalarının sırrı, Istanbul: Kaynak Yayınları, 2010. Savaşmadan Kaybetmek: "Türkiye'nin Silahsız İşgali", Kaynak Yayınları, 2010. Mehmetçik: Tarihsel ve İdeolojik Kökeni, Kaynak Yayınları, 2011.
See also :tr:Osman Yıldırım
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