Alparslan Arslan
Alparslan Arslan (1977 – 17 February 2023) was a Turkish career criminal convicted of murdering Council of State member Mustafa Yücel Özbilgin, and wounding four others. He also took part in the bombing of the newspaper along with Osman Yıldırım, İsmail Sağır, and Erhan Timuroğlu. All of these events took place from 10 to 17 May 2006. Biography Arslan was born in Kiğı, Bingöl in 1977. He came from a conservative family. He graduated from Marmara University's law school in 1998. Later on, he met fellow Ergenekon suspect Sedat Peker and engaged in financial fraud. Arslan attended meetings of the Vatansever Kuvvetler Güç Birliği Hareketi (founded 2005) with Muzaffer Tekin. Council of State attack On 17 May 2006, Arslan killed Council of State member Mustafa Yücel Özbilgin. His stated motive was that the council disrespected the devout, citing alleged oppression of women who cover their hair; a wedge issue at the time. Allegations surfaced that this was a false flag attack by neonationalists, and Arslan was recruited for the job. After the attack, the newspaper and his family reported conflicting information over his motives, with progressives blaming conservatives and vice versa. His father, İdris Arslan, also made inconsistent statements to