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ERGENEKON AND SCENARIOS
Today's Zaman, Turkey
Aug 5 2013
TUÄ~^BA AYDIN
The Ä°stanbul 13th High Criminal Court announced its verdict in the
Ergenekon case on Monday.
Before the hearing, security forces took tight security measures
around Silivri Prison, where the jailed suspects in the Ergenekon
case are being held. There are currently 276 suspects on trial in
the Ergenekon case, the first and most important deep state and coup
investigation that began five years ago in Turkey. A full 576 hearings
have already been held, and for these hearings 39,000 pages of notes
have been taken. Columnists have been discussing the necessity of
the Ergenekon trial and its influence.
Bugun's Adem Yavuz Arslan says that over five years the public has
lost interest in such a crucial case and people have been confused
by disinformation from people who support Ergenekon suspects. Arslan
asks what would the situation would be now if the Ergenekon operation
had been able to achieve its aim. As an answer, he refers to the
Ergenekon plans for the assassination of people from high judicial
bodies and Armenian and Alevi religious officials, for clashes on the
streets and scenarios for Alevi-Sunni conflict. According to Arslan,
the investigation into the Ergenekon operation is superficial, saying
that the initiators of that operation have been determined but its
structure has not been fully revealed yet.
Star columnist Erse KarakaÅ~_ criticizes lawyers who claim that the
Ergenekon plan was never put into effect and therefore we cannot
call this plan a crime. KarakaÅ~_ writes that people who prepared
such a large-scale plan should be punished by the court. KarakaÅ~_
also says if the Ergenekon plan had been put into effect, it would
have been impossible to prevent a coup by the armed forces.
Taraf's Namık Cınar blames the government for being hypocritical,
saying that it has ignored all of the crimes made by the terrorist
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has been active in the country
for 30 years, so as not to ruin the settlement process. Cınar says
if the PKK, which has committed a large number of felonies, are not
punished, a contradiction will appear as it's easier for the government
to call the armed forces to account.
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Today's Zaman, Turkey
Aug 5 2013
TUÄ~^BA AYDIN
The Ä°stanbul 13th High Criminal Court announced its verdict in the
Ergenekon case on Monday.
Before the hearing, security forces took tight security measures
around Silivri Prison, where the jailed suspects in the Ergenekon
case are being held. There are currently 276 suspects on trial in
the Ergenekon case, the first and most important deep state and coup
investigation that began five years ago in Turkey. A full 576 hearings
have already been held, and for these hearings 39,000 pages of notes
have been taken. Columnists have been discussing the necessity of
the Ergenekon trial and its influence.
Bugun's Adem Yavuz Arslan says that over five years the public has
lost interest in such a crucial case and people have been confused
by disinformation from people who support Ergenekon suspects. Arslan
asks what would the situation would be now if the Ergenekon operation
had been able to achieve its aim. As an answer, he refers to the
Ergenekon plans for the assassination of people from high judicial
bodies and Armenian and Alevi religious officials, for clashes on the
streets and scenarios for Alevi-Sunni conflict. According to Arslan,
the investigation into the Ergenekon operation is superficial, saying
that the initiators of that operation have been determined but its
structure has not been fully revealed yet.
Star columnist Erse KarakaÅ~_ criticizes lawyers who claim that the
Ergenekon plan was never put into effect and therefore we cannot
call this plan a crime. KarakaÅ~_ writes that people who prepared
such a large-scale plan should be punished by the court. KarakaÅ~_
also says if the Ergenekon plan had been put into effect, it would
have been impossible to prevent a coup by the armed forces.
Taraf's Namık Cınar blames the government for being hypocritical,
saying that it has ignored all of the crimes made by the terrorist
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has been active in the country
for 30 years, so as not to ruin the settlement process. Cınar says
if the PKK, which has committed a large number of felonies, are not
punished, a contradiction will appear as it's easier for the government
to call the armed forces to account.
http://www.todayszaman.com/columnistDetail_getNewsById.action?newsId=322806