Çetin Doğan (born 15 May 1940, Maçkakimkimdir.gen.tr, Orgeneral Çetin Doğan (1940 - .... )) is a retired Turkish general.
He was  Commander of the First Army of Turkey (17 August 2001 – 20 August 2003).
Doğan graduated from the Turkish Military Academy in 1960.
In 2007 Doğan was appointed head of the Board of Trustees of Ahmet Yesevi University by President Ahmet Necdet Sezer.
He was replaced in March 2008 by new President Abdullah Gül.Pinar Doğan and Dani Rodrik, The Sledgehammer Coup Plan and the Case of Çetin Doğan
Doğan has written columns for the Aydınlık newspaper since May 2011,Çetin Doğan, Aydınlık, 12 May 2011, Tarih yazılırken (1) - (TAMAMI)Aydınlık, Çetin Doğan and published two books.Çetin Doğan, Aydınlık, 20 July 2011, ÇETİN DOĞAN: ATEŞİ VE İHANETİ GÖRDÜK Operation Sledgehammer
In 2012 he was sentenced to twenty years in prison for his alleged involvement in the 2003 "Sledgehammer" coup plan;Hürriyet Daily News, 21 September 2012, Court hits ex-top soldiers hard; accessed on 22 September 2012 Doğan is said to have been the leader of the group that planned the coup.Hürriyet Daily News, 9 January 2013, Turkish Army denies having coup documentsToday's Zaman, 4 May 2012, European human rights court says coup suspect Doğan's arrest legal He was later acquitted in 2015.Hürriyet Daily News, 31 March 2015,  He is also charged in the case of the 1997 military memorandum.Hürriyet Daily News, 14 June 2013, 37 suspects released in Feb 28 coup probe
Professor Dani Rodrik (Doğan's son-in-law) has written that the Sledgehammer evidence against Doğan was fabricated, citing various anachronisms and errors in the key coup plan document.Pinar Doğan and Dani Rodrik, Foreign Policy, 6 April 2010, How Turkey Manufactured a Coup PlotPinar Doğan and Dani Rodrik, The New Republic, 24 May 2010, Turkey’s Other Dirty War Books
Ateşi ve İhaneti Gördük, Kastaş Yayınları 2010.
İddianamem: Balyoz ve Gerçekler, Destek Yayınları 2011.
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