A forensic report issued in mid-June had confirmed that three NCOs were interrogated while under the influence of drugs and hypnosis last year after being detained on suspicion of leaking classified information. Contrary to Doğan’s statements -- he had denied using hypnosis during interrogations in earlier hearings -- the report, prepared by the Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK), said the NCOs had most probably been exposed to hypnosis.
Noncommissioned officers Ali Balta, Orhan Güleç and İsmail Dağ were detained in early March of last year upon the orders of Kayseri Garrison Commander Maj. Gen. Rıdvan Ulugüler and were interrogated by Lt. Col. Doğan for 10 days following their detention. The detentions became public when the soldiers’ families, after failing to receive any word from the military, turned to the Kayseri Court of First Instance to find out where the soldiers were located.
The court contacted the Kayseri Military Prosecutor’s Office, and Military Prosecutor Col. Zeki Üçok announced that the soldiers had been detained for allegedly leaking highly confidential documents. Two of the soldiers, released some time after their arrest, filed a lawsuit against Doğan on the grounds that they were subjected to torture and that their interrogator, Doğan, had drugged them and used hypnosis and psychological pressure to extract statements from them.
