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ACADEMICS ARRESTED IN ERGENEKON AFFAIR
Today's Zaman
Feb 27 2008
Turkey
Academics from various universities, journalists and others were
arrested on Tuesday in Istanbul over alleged connections to the
Ergenekon gang, a deep state-linked criminal organization.
Associate Professor Umit Sayýn from Ýstanbul University, Associate
Professor Emin Gurses from Sakarya University, journalist Vedat
Yerener, retired lecturer Orhan Tunc from Balýkesir University,
Hayrettin Ertekin, a famous gold dealer, Vedat Yenerer, a TV
journalist, and Muammer Karabulut, the head of the Ayasofya Association
-- who were previously detained for suspected ties to the Ergenekon
gang -- were arrested by Istanbul police on Tuesday.
A police raid in June of last year uncovered an arms depot in a house
in Istanbul's Umraniye district. The discovery sparked an investigation
that culminated in the arrests of dozens of members of the Ergenekon
gang, a neo-nationalist group that is accused of involvement in plans
to stage a violent uprising against the government.
The prosecutor in the Ergenekon case has said the gang worked to
create disorder and chaos through divisive and violent acts so the
public would be willing to accept the intervention of the military
to restore order.
The group is also suspected of involvement in the murder of three
Christian missionaries in Malatya in 2007, the 2006 murder of a priest
in the northern city of Trabzon, the murder of Armenian journalist
Hrant Dink in 2007, a 2006 attack on the Council of State and a
grenade attack on the Cumhuriyet newspaper, also in 2006. These are
only some of the accusations the prosecution has made so far in the
course of the investigation.
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Today's Zaman
Feb 27 2008
Turkey
Academics from various universities, journalists and others were
arrested on Tuesday in Istanbul over alleged connections to the
Ergenekon gang, a deep state-linked criminal organization.
Associate Professor Umit Sayýn from Ýstanbul University, Associate
Professor Emin Gurses from Sakarya University, journalist Vedat
Yerener, retired lecturer Orhan Tunc from Balýkesir University,
Hayrettin Ertekin, a famous gold dealer, Vedat Yenerer, a TV
journalist, and Muammer Karabulut, the head of the Ayasofya Association
-- who were previously detained for suspected ties to the Ergenekon
gang -- were arrested by Istanbul police on Tuesday.
A police raid in June of last year uncovered an arms depot in a house
in Istanbul's Umraniye district. The discovery sparked an investigation
that culminated in the arrests of dozens of members of the Ergenekon
gang, a neo-nationalist group that is accused of involvement in plans
to stage a violent uprising against the government.
The prosecutor in the Ergenekon case has said the gang worked to
create disorder and chaos through divisive and violent acts so the
public would be willing to accept the intervention of the military
to restore order.
The group is also suspected of involvement in the murder of three
Christian missionaries in Malatya in 2007, the 2006 murder of a priest
in the northern city of Trabzon, the murder of Armenian journalist
Hrant Dink in 2007, a 2006 attack on the Council of State and a
grenade attack on the Cumhuriyet newspaper, also in 2006. These are
only some of the accusations the prosecution has made so far in the
course of the investigation.
--Boundary_(ID_C2dP0PWmwjAYwVtUSeQ wPw)--