Career
He was a "special sergeant" who went undercover with Christian missionaries in Turkey and worked as a priest in Tarsus. He later broke with the Christian missionary world, gaining wide media coverage for his claims that missionaries were supporting separatist movements, and in 2005 published a book, Ben Bir Misyonerdim, Şifre Çözüldü ("I was a Missionary, The Code is Broken"). Çınar"s identity as a military intelligence agent was revealed by Bugün in June 2008, which showed he had been paid by the Army since 1992.
He gained wide media coverage for his claims that missionaries were supporting separatist movements, and published a 2005 book, Ben Bir Misyonerdim, Şifre Çözüldü ("I was a Missionary, The Code is Broken").
Çınar"s identity as a military intelligence agent was revealed by Bugün in June 2008, which showed he had been paid by the Army since 1992. Çınar said he at one time worked for the Land Forces Command.
lieutenant was also reported that he received regular payments from JITEM. Çınar told prosecutors in the Ergenekon trials that he had worked for the clandestine organization TUSHAD believing it an agency of the state, but now believed it to be the armed wing of the Ergenekon organization. Çınar said TUSHAD had elements within it named the "black", "white" and "orange" forces, that he had been part of the white forces, and that his instructor had been Levent Ersöz.
Çınar said he had been threatened by TUSHAD in 2008, and had seen his name on a death list.
