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ERGENEKON SUSPECT SENER FABRICATED NEWS STORIES ORDERED BY CHP LEADER KILICDAROGLU
Today's Zaman
Sept 27 2011
Turkey
Kemal K覺l覺cdaroglu talks to reporters at Ankara's Esenboga Airport
before flying to 襤stanbul on Tuesday. The right photo features
Nedim 癬^ener, who reportedly fabricated news stories for the CHP
Leader K覺l覺cdaroglu.
Evidence contained in an indictment in the case against Odatv suggests
that Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K覺l覺cdaroglu
ordered jailed Ergenekon suspect and journalist Nedim 癬^ener to
fabricate stories for him to use, Turkish media reported on Tuesday.
In the records of phone conversations included in the Odatv case,
癬^ener talks to K覺l覺cdaroglu and CHP Deputy Chairman Gursel
Tekin. He calls the CHP leader, who was the CHP parliamentary group
deputy chairman at the time, "ustad" (master) and then-CHP 襤stanbul
provincial chief Tekin "癬_ef" (chief).
癬^ener was imprisoned six months ago as part of the ongoing odatv
trial, a news website whose operators were accused of aiding and
abetting the terrorist Ergenekon organization. The conversations took
place in July and August 2009, nearly four months after K覺l覺cdaroglu
lost the 襤stanbul Metropolitan Municipality mayoral elections. The
recorded calls reveal that K覺l覺cdaroglu encourages 癬^ener to write
negative news stories about the municipality's 襤stanbul Transportation
Authority (襤ETT), asking him to report on an incident in the Eyup
district.
Explaining that a couple was warned for sitting next to each other at
an Eyup restaurant, K覺l覺cdaroglu asks 癬^ener to send a male and a
female reporter to a restaurant in Eyup in order to see if they provoke
a reaction by sitting next to each other at the same restaurant. Upon
hearing K覺l覺cdaroglu's request, 癬^ener asks him if he has the
names of the couple that was treated badly in the restaurant.
K覺l覺cdaroglu responds in the affirmative, and the conversation ends
after 癬^ener says he will "deal with it."
He also orders 癬^ener to interview 襤ETT General Manager
Mehmet Ozturk, who was removed from office for being involved in
irregularities in the purchase of 襤ETT buses in 2009. K覺l覺cdaroglu
asks 癬^ener to question Ozturk as to why he opposed to the launch
of Metrobuses, and the journalist acknowledges his request, saying:
"I will see him in private. All right, ustad."
In another phone conversation K覺l覺cdaroglu asks 癬^ener if his odatv
can fabricate a news story about then-Transportation Minister Binali
Y覺ld覺r覺m, putting him in a difficult position.
Tekin also requests 癬^ener to manufacture a story about Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to the records.
In response to the news report regarding his orders to 癬^ener, the
CHP leader said the conversations between him and the journalist were
"normal." Speaking to reporters at Ankara Esenboga Airport on Tuesday,
he said the conversations represent a dialogue between a deputy who
struggles against corruption and a journalist who pursues stories of
corruption. "It is actually the duty of a journalist," he said. In
response to a reporter's question over K覺l覺cdaroglu's request to
send a male and a female reporter to see the reaction of the people
in Eyup, he said people must focus on what the incident was about,
not on the conversation.
Meanwhile, a letter received by the 襤stanbul Police Department
on May 6, 2009 that was allegedly sent by a patriotic military
officer was released last week. It also contained information about
癬^ener. The letter claimed that Ergenekon was planning to carry out an
assassination of a high-profile figure, whose name was not mentioned,
such as Hrant Dink, a murdered Armenian-Turkish journalist and editor
of the bilingual Turkish-Armenian Agos. Following the assassination
members of Ergenekon who held key positions in the government and
the police department would then dismiss every official supporting
the trial against Ergenekon. 癬^ener's responsibility, according the
letter, was to organize attacks against these officials in the media.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Today's Zaman
Sept 27 2011
Turkey
Kemal K覺l覺cdaroglu talks to reporters at Ankara's Esenboga Airport
before flying to 襤stanbul on Tuesday. The right photo features
Nedim 癬^ener, who reportedly fabricated news stories for the CHP
Leader K覺l覺cdaroglu.
Evidence contained in an indictment in the case against Odatv suggests
that Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K覺l覺cdaroglu
ordered jailed Ergenekon suspect and journalist Nedim 癬^ener to
fabricate stories for him to use, Turkish media reported on Tuesday.
In the records of phone conversations included in the Odatv case,
癬^ener talks to K覺l覺cdaroglu and CHP Deputy Chairman Gursel
Tekin. He calls the CHP leader, who was the CHP parliamentary group
deputy chairman at the time, "ustad" (master) and then-CHP 襤stanbul
provincial chief Tekin "癬_ef" (chief).
癬^ener was imprisoned six months ago as part of the ongoing odatv
trial, a news website whose operators were accused of aiding and
abetting the terrorist Ergenekon organization. The conversations took
place in July and August 2009, nearly four months after K覺l覺cdaroglu
lost the 襤stanbul Metropolitan Municipality mayoral elections. The
recorded calls reveal that K覺l覺cdaroglu encourages 癬^ener to write
negative news stories about the municipality's 襤stanbul Transportation
Authority (襤ETT), asking him to report on an incident in the Eyup
district.
Explaining that a couple was warned for sitting next to each other at
an Eyup restaurant, K覺l覺cdaroglu asks 癬^ener to send a male and a
female reporter to a restaurant in Eyup in order to see if they provoke
a reaction by sitting next to each other at the same restaurant. Upon
hearing K覺l覺cdaroglu's request, 癬^ener asks him if he has the
names of the couple that was treated badly in the restaurant.
K覺l覺cdaroglu responds in the affirmative, and the conversation ends
after 癬^ener says he will "deal with it."
He also orders 癬^ener to interview 襤ETT General Manager
Mehmet Ozturk, who was removed from office for being involved in
irregularities in the purchase of 襤ETT buses in 2009. K覺l覺cdaroglu
asks 癬^ener to question Ozturk as to why he opposed to the launch
of Metrobuses, and the journalist acknowledges his request, saying:
"I will see him in private. All right, ustad."
In another phone conversation K覺l覺cdaroglu asks 癬^ener if his odatv
can fabricate a news story about then-Transportation Minister Binali
Y覺ld覺r覺m, putting him in a difficult position.
Tekin also requests 癬^ener to manufacture a story about Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to the records.
In response to the news report regarding his orders to 癬^ener, the
CHP leader said the conversations between him and the journalist were
"normal." Speaking to reporters at Ankara Esenboga Airport on Tuesday,
he said the conversations represent a dialogue between a deputy who
struggles against corruption and a journalist who pursues stories of
corruption. "It is actually the duty of a journalist," he said. In
response to a reporter's question over K覺l覺cdaroglu's request to
send a male and a female reporter to see the reaction of the people
in Eyup, he said people must focus on what the incident was about,
not on the conversation.
Meanwhile, a letter received by the 襤stanbul Police Department
on May 6, 2009 that was allegedly sent by a patriotic military
officer was released last week. It also contained information about
癬^ener. The letter claimed that Ergenekon was planning to carry out an
assassination of a high-profile figure, whose name was not mentioned,
such as Hrant Dink, a murdered Armenian-Turkish journalist and editor
of the bilingual Turkish-Armenian Agos. Following the assassination
members of Ergenekon who held key positions in the government and
the police department would then dismiss every official supporting
the trial against Ergenekon. 癬^ener's responsibility, according the
letter, was to organize attacks against these officials in the media.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress