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ERGENEKON PROSECUTOR: PATRIARCH MESROB MUTAFYAN WAS TARGETED FOR ASSASSINATION
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12:36, March 21, 2013
Istanbul Armenian Apostolic Church Patriarch Mesrob Mutafyan was just
one of several prominent figures in Turkey targeted for assassination
by the group Ergenekon in an attempt to destabilize the country
according a lead prosecutor in the case.
As reported in yesterday's Today's Zaman, prosecutor Ali Pekguzel
presented his final opinion to an Istanbul Court, arguing that the
terrorist group had sought to create disorder in Turkey through
seventeen subversive plans and thus lead to a coup d'etat.
One of the plans, according to the prosecutor, was to murder prominent
figures in the country and lay the blame on the ruling Justice and
development Party (AKP).
In addition to Archbishop Mesrob Mutafyan, others marked for
assassination were the former chief prosecutor of the Supreme Court
of Appeals, Abdurrahman Yalcınkaya; former Chief of General Staff
retired Gen. YaÅ~_ar Buyukanıt; world-renowned writer Orhan Pamuk;
Diyarbakır Mayor Osman Baydemir; Kurdish lawmakers Sebahat Tuncel
and Ahmet Turk; Federation of Alevi-BektaÅ~_i Associations (ABF)
head Ali Balkız.
Prosecutor Mehmet Ali Pekguzel is seeking life imprisonment for 64
defendants and up to 15 years for 96 others.
The defendants include Turkish officials, retired military officers,
journalists and scholars.
From: Baghdasarian
http://hetq.am/eng/news/24678/ergenekon-prosecutor-patriarch-mesrob-mutafyan-was-targeted-for-assassination.html
12:36, March 21, 2013
Istanbul Armenian Apostolic Church Patriarch Mesrob Mutafyan was just
one of several prominent figures in Turkey targeted for assassination
by the group Ergenekon in an attempt to destabilize the country
according a lead prosecutor in the case.
As reported in yesterday's Today's Zaman, prosecutor Ali Pekguzel
presented his final opinion to an Istanbul Court, arguing that the
terrorist group had sought to create disorder in Turkey through
seventeen subversive plans and thus lead to a coup d'etat.
One of the plans, according to the prosecutor, was to murder prominent
figures in the country and lay the blame on the ruling Justice and
development Party (AKP).
In addition to Archbishop Mesrob Mutafyan, others marked for
assassination were the former chief prosecutor of the Supreme Court
of Appeals, Abdurrahman Yalcınkaya; former Chief of General Staff
retired Gen. YaÅ~_ar Buyukanıt; world-renowned writer Orhan Pamuk;
Diyarbakır Mayor Osman Baydemir; Kurdish lawmakers Sebahat Tuncel
and Ahmet Turk; Federation of Alevi-BektaÅ~_i Associations (ABF)
head Ali Balkız.
Prosecutor Mehmet Ali Pekguzel is seeking life imprisonment for 64
defendants and up to 15 years for 96 others.
The defendants include Turkish officials, retired military officers,
journalists and scholars.
From: Baghdasarian