New indictment against Sığırcıkoğlu, who is alleged to have transmitted MIT reports

In the indictment prepared against Önder Sığırcıkoğlu, the kidnapping of FSA commanders, MIT information, and secret data alleged to have been transferred to the Assad regime...

Scraper SystemJune 03, 2026, 01:07 PM

In the indictment prepared by the Terror Crimes Investigation Bureau, it was stated that Önder Sığırcıkoğlu planned and ensured the execution of the act of kidnapping Free Syrian Army (FSA) commanders Lieutenant Colonel Hüseyin Harmoush and Major Mustafa Kassum, whom he knew due to his previous duty at MIT, and delivering them to the Assad regime. It was recalled that the defendant was sentenced to 20 years in prison by the Adana 10th High Criminal Court in 2012 for the crime of "depriving a person of liberty by using force, threat, or deceit" due to these acts, and this decision was upheld by the 9th Criminal Chamber of the Court of Cassation. The indictment stated that Sığırcıkoğlu escaped while being transferred to Osmaniye Open Penal Institution in 2014 by taking advantage of the 10-hour travel permit given to him, and that between 2014-2024, he lived in various regions of Syria under the protection of the deposed Assad regime and conveyed information about MIT to the regime and Russian intelligence services. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HE TRANSMITTED MIT REPORTS TO REGIME INTELLIGENCE The indictment stated that the defendant acted together with Mihraç Ural, the leader of the THKP-C/Acilciler organization, and Yusuf Nazik, the perpetrator of the Reyhanlı terrorist attack caught in 2018, between 2014-2016, and that he conducted black propaganda against Turkey by giving interviews at that time. It was noted that Sığırcıkoğlu fled to Lebanon and then Russia after the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, lived in Russia for a while, returned to Lebanon, and was caught in an operation organized by MIT at the Syria-Lebanon border. The indictment stated that the defendant transmitted information that should remain confidential for the security of the Republic of Turkey and its internal and external political interests to foreign intelligence services, with the following findings: "It was understood that Sığırcıkoğlu started working at MIT in 1993 and worked there until 2012, and after the outbreak of the Syrian civil war, he was assigned to refugee camps in Yayladağı district of Hatay. It was determined that the defendant began to transmit information about refugees opposing the Assad regime, which should remain confidential for the interests of the state, as well as institutional activities and MIT reports, to regime intelligence by taking advantage of the ease provided by his duty. It was found that the defendant recorded a meeting with a Syrian tribal leader using a pen capable of audio and video recording and delivered it to Syrian intelligence, and that he facilitated the kidnapping of FSA commanders Hormoush and Kassoum from Hatay in 2011 and their delivery to the Syrian regime, whom he was in contact with due to his duty. It was determined that the suspect, who caused the regime to show force against opponents and created psychological pressure on refugees with this act, which is contrary to Turkey's international position, escaped to Syria in 2014 by taking advantage of the travel permit given to surrender to an open prison while the execution of the conviction was ongoing, and was received by regime intelligence there." The indictment stated that Sığırcıkoğlu fled to Syria and operated as an intelligence agent in various parts of Syria with the facilities allocated to him by the Assad regime, gave various confidential information about MIT, and revealed the names of some MIT personnel in an interview with a journalist to prove his loyalty to the regime. The indictment included the following findings: "It was determined that the defendant continued to share state secrets about MIT and its activities with Syrian and Russian intelligence services between 2014-2024. As of December 2024, after the fall of the regime in Syria, the suspect fled first to Lebanon, then to Russia, lived in Russia for a while, and was later caught in Syria and brought to our country." LIFE IMPRISONMENT AND UP TO 35 YEARS IN PRISON REQUESTED In the indictment accepted by the Ankara 28th High Criminal Court, it was requested that the defendant be sentenced to life imprisonment and up to 35 years in prison for the crimes of "obtaining state secrets for political espionage" and "disclosing confidential information related to state security for espionage purposes." The prosecution also requested that the hearings be conducted in closed sessions due to the nature of the case involving state secrets. MIT President Kalın met with the Hamas delegation in Ankara Agenda MIT President Kalın met with the Hamas delegation in Ankara MIT intervened! The suspect who illegally broadcasted matches was caught Agenda MIT intervened! The suspect who illegally broadcasted matches was caught MIT caught him! The owner of Selçuksports was arrested Agenda MIT caught him! The owner of Selçuksports was arrested.

New indictment against Sığırcıkoğlu, who is alleged to have transmitted MIT reports

In the indictment prepared against Önder Sığırcıkoğlu, the kidnapping of FSA commanders, MIT information, and secret data alleged to have been transferred to the Assad regime...