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    COURT ACCEDES 56 MORE SUSPECTS TO ERGENEKON CASE

    BIA
    March 25 2009
    Turkey

    Retired generals Tolon and Eruygur are accused of conspiring against
    the government in the 1909 page-long indictment. Journalist Dink's
    murder as well as a former generals diaries explaining coup plans
    and journalist Balbay's diaries are featured in the indictment.

    Bia news center -Istanbul 25-03-2009

    An Istanbul court accedes a second indictment to Ergenekon case
    today, where 56 more suspects are accused of conspiring against
    the government. The first hearing of the case will be held on July
    20. Until then, interrogations of the suspects will be completed. The
    court is expected to decide to annex this indictment to the ongoing
    case or to proceed with a separate case in the first hearing. 19 of
    the suspects are under arrest as of now. The court rejected requests
    of release for those suspects.

    In the 1909 page-long indictment, retired generals HurÅ~_it Tolon
    and Å~^ener Eruygur are accused of leading the alleged organization
    and planning a coup. Public prosecutor's office demanded a thousand
    and 47 years of prison sentences as well as life imprisonment on 14
    incidents for the two generals.

    The indictment involves two coup plans dubbed as "Yakamoz" and
    "Eldiven". Former navy commander Ozden Ornek's alleged diaries,
    which contain coup plans in 2003 and 2004 are quoted in the
    indictment. Despite allegations of involvement in those plans, Ornek
    and other army commanders Aytac Yalman and İbrahim Fırtına aren't
    among the suspects.

    Furthermore, journalist Mustafa Balbay's alleged diaries are also
    featured in the indictment. Already under arrest, Balbay denied any
    involvement in coup plans and claimed that his "notes" were distorted
    in the press. Published "notes" reveal conversations on coup plans
    between Balbay and several army commanders.

    More over, depending on a confession by Alaatin Kanat, Turkish Armenian
    journalist Hrant Dink's murder in 2007 was initiated by former general
    Veli Kucuk and the illegal gendarmerie intelligence unit, JÄ°TEM.

    Another allegation involves Ergenekon organization's efforts to
    influence the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and
    the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). The organization
    supposedly tried to seize the direction of those parties.

    Full list of the accused are as follows:

    Levent Temiz, Hakan Å~^anlı, Adnan Turkkan, Suleyman Solmaz,
    Hatice Bahtiyar, Emcet Olcaytu, Adil Serdar Sacan, Hamza Demir,
    Fatma Sibel Yuksek, Erol Mutercimler, Mahir Akkar, Mesut Ozcan,
    Sinan Aydın Aygun, Mustafa Ali Balbay, Emin Å~^irin, Osman Gurbuz,
    Ufuk Mehmet Buyukcelebi, Ercument Ovalı, Muhammed Murat Avar, Ahmet
    Tuncay Ozkan, Birol BaÅ~_aran, Adnan Bulut, Selim Utku Gumrukcu,
    Ertac Giray, Mehmet Ali Celebi, Merdan Yanardag, Ä°lker Guven,
    Siyami Yalcın, Halis Yavuz IÅ~_ıklar, Kemal Aydın, Murat Agırel,
    Tunc Akkoc, Arif Dogan, Gurbuz Capan, Neriman Aydın, Hasan Atilla
    Ugur, Barbaros Hayrettin AltıntaÅ~_, Ahmet HurÅ~_it Tolon, Mehmet
    Å~^ener Eruygur, DurmuÅ~_ Ali Ozoglu, Ä°brahim Ozcan, Levent Ersöz,
    Turhan Cömez, Dogukan Yorulmaz, Muzaffer Ozturk, Tanju Guvendiren,
    Eren Mumcu, Hasan Huseyin Ucar, Noyan CalıkuÅ~_u, YaÅ~_ar Tozkoparan,
    Evrim Baykara, Onder Koc, Huseyin Nazlıkul, Yuksel Dilsiz, Huseyin
    Keskin, Ferda Paksut.(TK/AGU)
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