Necip Hablemitoğlu was assassinated in front of his home on December 18, 2002. 

The suspected N.G.B., who was expelled from the Turkish Armed Forces while serving in the Special Forces Command with the rank of Captain, has been identified from HTS records, according to the officials.

In his final years, Hablemitoğlu was focused on deciphering the Gulen Movement.  In his book titled Köstebek (mole), he wrote that the movement was a "terrorist organization" that created an alternative organization to the existing government.

He was killed 5 days before the book was published. In the last part of the introduction of his book, he wrote: "I call on all nationalists to act together against the Fethullahist danger before it's too late; I call on you to mold a public opinion for the cleansing of Fethullahist units from the intelligence services."

Hablemitoğlu seems to have known that he was targeted, for his daughters asked him about what to do in the event of an assault.

The last thing he did on the day of his attack was to go grocery shopping. According to security camera records and receipts from the store, he left at 20:05 local time. He was assassinated after returning home a few minutes later. (ILKHA)