| Birth Name: | Mustafa Levent Göktaş |
| Birth Date: | 8 June 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Erbaa, Tokat, Turkey |
| Allegiance: | Turkey |
| Branch: | Turkish Land Forces |
| Serviceyears: | 1980–2005 |
| Rank: | Colonel |
| Children: | 2 |
| Laterwork: | Lawyer |
Mustafa Levent Göktaş (born June 8, 1959[1]) is a Turkish colonel, who took part in the 1999 operation to catch Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the Kurdish terrorist organization PKK, designated as a terrorist organisation in Turkey. In January 2009, Göktaş was detained in the Ergenekon investigation.[2] Göktaş was released on 10 March 2014, along with other Ergenekon defendants.
He is a member of the Special Forces Command (tr|Özel Kuvvetler Komutanlığı); an elite special forces unit.[3]
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