Two chief inspectors investigating ABK links within the police force retired
The shockwaves caused in the police force by the Ayhan Bora Kaplan investigation, which led to the suspension of police chiefs and the arrest of six officers—including other high-ranking officials—have continued with the retirement of two chief inspectors.
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According to an article by Tolga Şardan from T24, two chief inspectors are among the approximately 400 first and second-class police chiefs retired by the decision of the General Directorate of Security's High Evaluation Board (YDK), and they have ties to the Ayhan Bora Kaplan investigation.
Two chief inspectors who were involved in the administrative investigations launched after the capture of Ayhan Bora Kaplan and who were pursuing Kaplan's connections within the police force have been retired.
The relevant section of Şardan's article is as follows:
"Although the list of those retired by YDK decisions has not been explicitly announced by the administration, the names of those retired since the weekend have been circulating in police circles.
According to the information I have obtained, two names among the first-class police chiefs affected by this retirement process are very noteworthy.
I am not writing the names of these two police chiefs to avoid making them a subject of controversy due to their duties, but I will explain their positions.
Both police chiefs are assigned to the central staff of the General Directorate of Security's Police Inspection Board in Ankara.
And both police chiefs are involved in the administrative investigations launched after the capture of Ayhan Bora Kaplan!
By the administrative dimension, I mean, of course, the connections of Kaplan, who took root in Ankara and whose different incidents and connections are being uncovered day by day, within the police.
In the timeline that has been ongoing since last September when Kaplan was taken into custody, the two police chief inspectors were pursuing the connections of Kaplan, who is being tried on charges of being the leader of an organized crime organization, within the police force.
They prepared quite a few files during their investigations. So much so that they even took the statement of the former Ankara Police Chief Servet Yılmaz, who was surprisingly appointed as an Interior Ministry Advisor to Baku by a Presidential decree just last week.
According to the information I received, they were still working on important files. However, they were retired by the YDK decision.
One of the chief inspectors was retired due to a principle decision taken by the YDK because he was in the group that returned by court order. The reason for the retirement of the other is another principle decision taken by the YDK regarding 'retiring those who have completed 10 years in their current rank.'
While continuity is essential in the state, especially in the police force, the files held by the two retired police chief inspectors will be transferred to other police chief inspectors. The performance of the new police chief inspectors who will take over the files will be understood over time."