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MORE ARRESTS IN COUP CASE
Hurriyet
Aug 17, 2011
Turkey
A group of people, including generals were brought to Besiktas
courthouse today.
Three Turkish generals were arrested Wednesday in the "Internet
Memorandum" coup-plotting probe.
Retired Col. Hulusi Gulbahar, Gen. H覺fz覺 Cubuklu and Adm. Mehmet
Otuzbiroglu were arrested after a number of high-ranking Turkish
generals wanted for arrest due to their alleged involvement in the
"Internet Memorandum" case turned themselves in for questioning at
the Be癬_ikta癬_ courthouse in Istanbul.
The group of suspects arrived at the courthouse in a civilian vehicle
belonging to Istanbul Central Command. Otuzbiroglu was brought to
the courthouse from Hasdal Prison.
The ongoing Internet Memorandum case refers to an alleged document from
the General Staff that directed the establishment of 42 Internet sites
to distribute propaganda against the ruling Justice and Development
Party, or AKP, the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, as well
as Greeks and Armenians.
The Istanbul 13th Criminal Court in Be癬_iktas癬_ also issued arrest
warrants in the Internet Memorandum case against Gen. Huseyin Nusret
Ta癬_deler; Gen. Hasan Igs覺z; Gen. Mehmet Er繹z; Gen. 襤smail Hakk覺
Pekin; Gen. Mustafa Bak覺c覺; Adm. Alaettin Sevim; Col. Sedat Ozuer;
retired Col. Fuat Selvi, as well as civilians Cemal G繹kceoglu,
Mehmet Bulent Sar覺kahya and Ziya 襤lker G繹kta癬_.
Among these 14, Igs覺z, Selvi and G繹kceoglu had already turned
themselves in and were under arrest.
In a separate development, five active military personnel, including
Gen. R覺dvan Uluguler, as well as a retired colonel and a civilian
officer, also came to the same courthouse to testify in the Balyoz
investigation early Wednesday morning. Dogan News Agency, or DHA,
reported that the seven were brought to the courthouse as suspects in
connection with documents linked to the Sledgehammer case seized in
searches made at the G繹lcuk Fleet Command, Intelligence Unit. The
seven were later sent to the court with a request that they be
arrested.
Balyoz is an alleged military coup plot against the ruling Justice
and Development Party, or AKP, drafted in 2003. According to the
allegations, the military planned drastic measures to foment unrest
in the country in order to remove the AKP from power. Those measures
included bombing two major mosques in Istanbul, an assault on a
military museum by people disguised as religious extremists and the
raising of tension with Greece through an attack on a Turkish plane
that was to be blamed on the Aegean neighbor.
Hurriyet
Aug 17, 2011
Turkey
A group of people, including generals were brought to Besiktas
courthouse today.
Three Turkish generals were arrested Wednesday in the "Internet
Memorandum" coup-plotting probe.
Retired Col. Hulusi Gulbahar, Gen. H覺fz覺 Cubuklu and Adm. Mehmet
Otuzbiroglu were arrested after a number of high-ranking Turkish
generals wanted for arrest due to their alleged involvement in the
"Internet Memorandum" case turned themselves in for questioning at
the Be癬_ikta癬_ courthouse in Istanbul.
The group of suspects arrived at the courthouse in a civilian vehicle
belonging to Istanbul Central Command. Otuzbiroglu was brought to
the courthouse from Hasdal Prison.
The ongoing Internet Memorandum case refers to an alleged document from
the General Staff that directed the establishment of 42 Internet sites
to distribute propaganda against the ruling Justice and Development
Party, or AKP, the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, as well
as Greeks and Armenians.
The Istanbul 13th Criminal Court in Be癬_iktas癬_ also issued arrest
warrants in the Internet Memorandum case against Gen. Huseyin Nusret
Ta癬_deler; Gen. Hasan Igs覺z; Gen. Mehmet Er繹z; Gen. 襤smail Hakk覺
Pekin; Gen. Mustafa Bak覺c覺; Adm. Alaettin Sevim; Col. Sedat Ozuer;
retired Col. Fuat Selvi, as well as civilians Cemal G繹kceoglu,
Mehmet Bulent Sar覺kahya and Ziya 襤lker G繹kta癬_.
Among these 14, Igs覺z, Selvi and G繹kceoglu had already turned
themselves in and were under arrest.
In a separate development, five active military personnel, including
Gen. R覺dvan Uluguler, as well as a retired colonel and a civilian
officer, also came to the same courthouse to testify in the Balyoz
investigation early Wednesday morning. Dogan News Agency, or DHA,
reported that the seven were brought to the courthouse as suspects in
connection with documents linked to the Sledgehammer case seized in
searches made at the G繹lcuk Fleet Command, Intelligence Unit. The
seven were later sent to the court with a request that they be
arrested.
Balyoz is an alleged military coup plot against the ruling Justice
and Development Party, or AKP, drafted in 2003. According to the
allegations, the military planned drastic measures to foment unrest
in the country in order to remove the AKP from power. Those measures
included bombing two major mosques in Istanbul, an assault on a
military museum by people disguised as religious extremists and the
raising of tension with Greece through an attack on a Turkish plane
that was to be blamed on the Aegean neighbor.