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Human Rights Lawyer Erdal DoÄ?an: `The Samatya Attacks are the work of Ergenekon'
http://hetq.am/eng/articles/22861/human-rights-lawyer-erdal-do%C4%9Fan-%E2%80%9Cthe-samatya-attacks-are-the-work-of-ergenekon%E2%80%9D.html
13:18, January 31, 2013
By Erdal DoÄ?an
I believe, like many others, that the recent attacks on Armenian women
in Istanbul are the result of an organized action.
First of all, I must say that since I followed for a while the Hrant
Dink case and I'm also following the murder case of three Christians
killed in Malatya (the case is called Malatya Zirve Publishing House
murder), I know the methods of this organization very well.
This organization is called Ergenekon and originally is based on the
Committee of Union and Progress ideology; the executors of the 1915
Genocide. They have been very successful in applying their ideology
within the state organization as well as among the society.
The "Kemalist" people are the heritors of this organization since
1923. Before this date, TeÅ?kilatı Mahsusa (Special Organization) was
the information/intelligence unit that used to organize attacks,
organize the society etc. After 1923, with the formation of the
Turkish Republic, this mission was transferred to the Turkish
Information Organization and the Special War Chamber within the
Turkish Armed Forces. The dominant ideology of these structures is to
maintain the power /government along with the aim to `Turkify' Turkish
society. That's why even a very limited population of Armenian and
Christian peoples is still a big threat for them.
By doing this, on one hand they are terrorizing Christian people, and
on the other hand they are isolating the governing AKP, a conservative
Islamic party, in the eyes of the international community. Hrant Dink,
three Christian persons in Malatya and the Father Sontoro in Trabzon
were killed for this reason.
At the same time, they kept attacking Armenian schools and other
structures (such as associations and foundations). The actors are
crystal clear and concrete now within the scope of the evidence
revealed in Malatya murder case. This organization is called
Ergenekon. And the official organization which is working effectively
in relation with this organization (Ergenekon) is the Special War
Chamber through strictly confidential counter guerilla activities.
In Turkey there are around one hundred thousand civilians making up a
part of this structure. They are basically called White Units and
Black Units. They are particularly educated. This is a structure that
is capable of terrorizing, killing, of lynching their target people
that they define as the enemy, of gathering information among the
group that they define as enemy, of spreading disinformation within
the public about that group, and of committing all type of
psychological warfare...This information that I'm giving you is based
on very concrete evidence collected in the Malatya case that I've been
following for 6 years.
For this organization that is acting with Turkism ideology, all
methods are legitimate to reach their objective. Everything is just a
detail for them to reach their objective. This is a very dangerous
racist and professional war organization.
They are using the very limited Armenian minority as prey. They are
using them to discredit the government. On the other hand in this
period leading up to the 100th anniversary of 1915, they are trying to
grab their properties. The mayor of Fatih (Samatya is located in that
district) is known by for his racist ideology about the Armenian
minority.
It is significant that the victims are women and they are mostly
attacked around the church. First of all they want to spread a
desperate feeling through the women who are living alone. This is a
strategy. And the church, which is an important part of these women's
identity, is an additional factor with which to complete their aim.
They want to reach their aim as soon as possible by this effective
terrorizing method.
A part of media is correctly commenting on these attacks and they are
saying that these are organized attacks by a racist organization.
Another part of the press is covering up the facts in order to
implicitly support the horror created. Turkey's Human Rights
Association is particularly sensitive on this issue. The attitude of
some Kurdish politicians is also remarkable. As you may be aware, some
BDP members who are Kurdish and Alevi and also some left-leaning
communities, organized a manifestation in Samatya on January 27 with
broad-based participation.
We are trying to clarify the public opinion about the issue and
invite the relevant authorities to investigate the incidences
effectively and to prevent again future reoccurrence.
Editor - Erdal DoÄ?an is a prominent human rights lawyer in Istanbul
that has represented the family of Hrant Dink and is now working on
the Zirve Publishing House case in which three Christians were
massacred in Malatya in 2007.
Since 2001, DoÄ?an has been writing about human rights and current
events for various journals and daily newspapers. During the same
period, DoÄ?an has also been giving lessons on penal law, European Law,
defendants' rights, and advocacy in practice to lawyers and law
apprentices at the Istanbul Bar Association Educational Center and
Vocational Training Seminars.
From: A. Papazian
http://hetq.am/eng/articles/22861/human-rights-lawyer-erdal-do%C4%9Fan-%E2%80%9Cthe-samatya-attacks-are-the-work-of-ergenekon%E2%80%9D.html
13:18, January 31, 2013
By Erdal DoÄ?an
I believe, like many others, that the recent attacks on Armenian women
in Istanbul are the result of an organized action.
First of all, I must say that since I followed for a while the Hrant
Dink case and I'm also following the murder case of three Christians
killed in Malatya (the case is called Malatya Zirve Publishing House
murder), I know the methods of this organization very well.
This organization is called Ergenekon and originally is based on the
Committee of Union and Progress ideology; the executors of the 1915
Genocide. They have been very successful in applying their ideology
within the state organization as well as among the society.
The "Kemalist" people are the heritors of this organization since
1923. Before this date, TeÅ?kilatı Mahsusa (Special Organization) was
the information/intelligence unit that used to organize attacks,
organize the society etc. After 1923, with the formation of the
Turkish Republic, this mission was transferred to the Turkish
Information Organization and the Special War Chamber within the
Turkish Armed Forces. The dominant ideology of these structures is to
maintain the power /government along with the aim to `Turkify' Turkish
society. That's why even a very limited population of Armenian and
Christian peoples is still a big threat for them.
By doing this, on one hand they are terrorizing Christian people, and
on the other hand they are isolating the governing AKP, a conservative
Islamic party, in the eyes of the international community. Hrant Dink,
three Christian persons in Malatya and the Father Sontoro in Trabzon
were killed for this reason.
At the same time, they kept attacking Armenian schools and other
structures (such as associations and foundations). The actors are
crystal clear and concrete now within the scope of the evidence
revealed in Malatya murder case. This organization is called
Ergenekon. And the official organization which is working effectively
in relation with this organization (Ergenekon) is the Special War
Chamber through strictly confidential counter guerilla activities.
In Turkey there are around one hundred thousand civilians making up a
part of this structure. They are basically called White Units and
Black Units. They are particularly educated. This is a structure that
is capable of terrorizing, killing, of lynching their target people
that they define as the enemy, of gathering information among the
group that they define as enemy, of spreading disinformation within
the public about that group, and of committing all type of
psychological warfare...This information that I'm giving you is based
on very concrete evidence collected in the Malatya case that I've been
following for 6 years.
For this organization that is acting with Turkism ideology, all
methods are legitimate to reach their objective. Everything is just a
detail for them to reach their objective. This is a very dangerous
racist and professional war organization.
They are using the very limited Armenian minority as prey. They are
using them to discredit the government. On the other hand in this
period leading up to the 100th anniversary of 1915, they are trying to
grab their properties. The mayor of Fatih (Samatya is located in that
district) is known by for his racist ideology about the Armenian
minority.
It is significant that the victims are women and they are mostly
attacked around the church. First of all they want to spread a
desperate feeling through the women who are living alone. This is a
strategy. And the church, which is an important part of these women's
identity, is an additional factor with which to complete their aim.
They want to reach their aim as soon as possible by this effective
terrorizing method.
A part of media is correctly commenting on these attacks and they are
saying that these are organized attacks by a racist organization.
Another part of the press is covering up the facts in order to
implicitly support the horror created. Turkey's Human Rights
Association is particularly sensitive on this issue. The attitude of
some Kurdish politicians is also remarkable. As you may be aware, some
BDP members who are Kurdish and Alevi and also some left-leaning
communities, organized a manifestation in Samatya on January 27 with
broad-based participation.
We are trying to clarify the public opinion about the issue and
invite the relevant authorities to investigate the incidences
effectively and to prevent again future reoccurrence.
Editor - Erdal DoÄ?an is a prominent human rights lawyer in Istanbul
that has represented the family of Hrant Dink and is now working on
the Zirve Publishing House case in which three Christians were
massacred in Malatya in 2007.
Since 2001, DoÄ?an has been writing about human rights and current
events for various journals and daily newspapers. During the same
period, DoÄ?an has also been giving lessons on penal law, European Law,
defendants' rights, and advocacy in practice to lawyers and law
apprentices at the Istanbul Bar Association Educational Center and
Vocational Training Seminars.
From: A. Papazian