Hasan Atilla Uğur

He graduated from Kuleli Military High School in 1975 which He attended in 1972. He attended in Turkish Military Academy same year. He graduated as Gendarmerie Lieutenant rank in 1979. After graduating from Tuzla Infantry School Command and Gendarmarie School, he had commando training. At İmralı Island, He interrogated Abdullah Öcalan who got captured in Kenya in 1999 and brought to Turkey.

He took important roles in the operations against Hezbollah in 2000-2001. Between 2002 and 2004, he served as the Head of Gendarmerie Technical Intelligence Department. While he was the Head of the Gendarmerie General Command Technical Intelligence Department, he prepared a comprehensive report on the Gülen Movement and submitted it to the higher authorities. He served as Kocaeli Provincial Gendarmerie Commander between 2004-2005 and Çanakkale Training Regiment Commander between 2005-2007. In 2007, he retired voluntarily from this position at the rank of Colonel.

He was detained on July 1, 2008 as part of the Ergenekon investigation. He was referred to the court by Prosecutor Zekeriya Öz and arrested by Judge Sedat Sami Haşıloğlu. On August 5, 2013, the court sentenced him to 20 years in prison for "attempting to overthrow the Government of the Republic of Turkey or to prevent it from performing its duties partially or completely by using force and violence" in accordance with Article 147 of the old Turkish Penal Code, taking into account the date of the crime, and to 7 years in prison for "obtaining personal data". He was also sentenced to 2 years and 3 months imprisonment and 4,500 liras imprisonment for "opposing the Law on Firearms."[2] He was released on March 10, 2014 after 5 years, 8 months and 10 days of imprisonment. On April 21, 2016, the 16th Criminal Chamber of the Court of Cassation overturned the verdict of the Istanbul 13th High Criminal Court.[3] In 2019, he was tried again at the 4th High Criminal Court and acquitted. The verdict was finalized.

He was put on trial in the Kızıltepe case on the unsolved murders of the 90s.[4][5] At the final hearing of the case held at Ankara 5th High Criminal Court on September 9, 2019, he was acquitted due to the lack of the elements of the crimes charged against him.[6]

In the June 12, 2011 general elections, he ran for Antalya parliamentary candidate from the Republican Forces Alliance, but was not elected. While in detention, he published a book about the events that took place during Abdullah Öcalan's interrogation.[7] In addition, his book "Dün Bugün Yarın", in which he talks about his life and current issues, was published by Destek Publishing in 2019. In 2022, "Sorgu Odasında Apo: Yakın Tarihin Karanlıkları Aydınlanıyor" in 2022. Until 2018, he served as the deputy chairman of the Patriotic Party.[8]