A detention order was issued for retired Gendarmerie Colonel Hasan Atilla Uğur on September 17, 2026, as part of the investigation into former National Intelligence Organization official Kaşif Kozinoğlu’s death in prison. In the first hours after the news broke, the order had not yet been carried out; contact had been established with Uğur, and the necessary procedures were to be conducted.
The investigation focuses on Kozinoğlu’s death in prison
Uğur’s previous detention in the same prison as Kaşif Kozinoğlu was a factor in his inclusion in the case. However, details of the specific evidence and alleged offense underlying the detention order have not been clearly disclosed. There is no confirmed finding that Uğur had a direct connection to Kozinoğlu’s death.
Information concerning the Silivri Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office stated that a detention order had been issued for Uğur but had not yet been carried out in the initial hours. A detention order refers to a procedural step during an investigation and does not, by itself, mean that the person has been found guilty.
Uğur’s previous posts have come back into focus
Hasan Atilla Uğur is known to the public as the father of media figure Oğuzhan Uğur and as a retired Gendarmerie colonel. Uğur was among the military personnel involved in the interrogation of Abdullah Öcalan on İmralı Island after Öcalan was captured in Kenya in 1999 and brought to Türkiye. He served as head of the Gendarmerie Technical Intelligence Department from 2002 to 2004.
Uğur’s name also came to the fore during the Ergenekon investigation and trial, which began in 2008. Archival records indicate that he was detained on July 1, 2008, as part of the investigation and subsequently arrested. Accounts differ regarding the outcome of the proceedings, which continued from 2008 to 2013: some reports say he was sentenced to prison in a court ruling dated August 5, 2013, while others indicate that an acquittal was issued in subsequent legal proceedings.
The new decision remains at the investigation stage
The applications and decision records referring to Hasan Atilla Uğur include documents from the Constitutional Court dated 2015. However, the final outcome of the previous trial is not treated as established information that has been conclusively determined for this case. The new detention order indicates that the investigation into Kozinoğlu’s death in prison is continuing and that Uğur is being assessed within its scope.
Whether the order has been carried out, the suspicion or alleged offense under which Uğur is being assessed, and the investigation’s next phase are among the main factors that will determine the legal nature of the development. Oğuzhan Uğur is mentioned only in connection with Hasan Atilla Uğur’s family relationship in the public sphere; there is no confirmed information linking him to the new investigation.
