Star columnist Şamil Tayyar also expressed suspicion that Lt. Col. Tatar decided to commit suicide on his own but probably made the decision after talks with some generals, saying Tatar phoned a general to rebuke him and had a meeting with four or five people before he shot himself.
The claims have raised suspicions that the vice admiral who talked with Tatar is the vice admiral identified as C.E., who also attended Tatar’s funeral. As the Vakit daily reported, C.E. was the commander who rejected the promotion of Lt. Col. Tatar to a higher post.
The name C.E. has been found on documents seized by the police at the office of former Gen. Şener Eruygur, a key suspect in Ergenekon, an underground organization charged with plotting to overthrow the government.
As the allegations suggest, Tatar was questioned about whether he had connections with the Support for Modern Life Association (ÇYDD), as claimed by the Habertürk daily. Tatar was one of 10 naval officers who were interrogated on charges of plotting to assassinate two admirals, Metin Ataç and Eşref Uğur Yiğit. When they were arrested, the allegation emerged in some newspapers that some of the women who received financial support from the ÇYDD lived with these naval lieutenants to control them and keep an eye on them for the ÇYDD.
Another allegation about Tatar is that his activities in the naval forces are explained in a document that was seized by the police during the investigation into retired Gen. Veli Küçük, who is currently in Silivri Prison and charged with being one of the prominent members of the Ergenekon gang. According to claims in the document, most of the military personnel employed in the naval forces were Alevis when Tatar’s job was hiring new personnel.
