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Zirve massacre lawyers meet with Ergenekon prosecutor
Lawyers in the Zirve massacre case petition Ergenekon case prosecutor Zekeriya Öz demanding that the connections between the two cases be investigated. The lawyers say they have parallel opinions with the prosecutor and expect the two cases to be merged. 'We have no doubt that this is related to the case going on in Silivri,' says one lawyer.
Political will can shed light on Dink murder case
Three years after Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was fatally shot outside his office by an ultranationalist teenager, the investigation into his murder has stalled as the suspected perpetrator and his immediate accomplices have been put on trial, but those who masterminded the plot to kill him still wait to be revealed.
Fourth indictment ready
Prosecutors investigating Ergenekon, a clandestine group charged with plotting to overthrow the government, have completed the preparation of a fourth indictment in case, the Sabah daily reported.
Military launches probe into ‘action plan’ colonel
A colonel whose signature was found on a military document detailing a strategy to undermine the government and an influential religious movement is being investigated by military prosecutors, the Sabah newspaper reported yesterday.
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Ergenekon case was Hrant’s dream
If Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, who was fatally shot in front of the headquarters of the bilingual Armenian weekly Agos in 2007, were alive today, he would have been overjoyed that the Ergenekon gang is being investigated, Agos Editor Sarkis Seropyan has said.
A struggle for power or a fight for democracy?
According to Andrew Finkel; "there is a power struggle going on in the heart of the Turkish establishment, and not surprisingly many people are looking uneasily at their feet."
Ergenekon Turkey: A Recent Analysis
According to Eric Margolis from the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, "An intensifying struggle is under way between the two camps. On the surface, it's "secularism" versus "Islamic government." But that's just shorthand for the fierce rivalry between the military-industrial-security complex and Erdogan's supporters, many of whom are recent immigrants to the big cities from rural areas, where Islam remains vital in spite of eight decades of government efforts to stamp it out or tightly control it."
Putting coup plotters on trial
Joost Lagendijk discusses the binary legal system in Turkey under the recent developments related to the "Action Plan to Combat Reactionaryism."
Research&Articles
Between Fact and Fantasy: Ergenekon or the report itself?
A detailed critical analysis on Gareth Jenkins’ Ergenekon report… Yıldıray Oğur, columnist at Taraf daily, contextualizes the report and points its inconsistencies and material errors.
Will Turkey benefit from Ergenekon?
"Is the Ergenekon affair helping to demilitarise Turkish politics? Or is the country’s post-Islamist government using it to advance its own authority at the expense of the military?", Hakkı Taş from Le Monde Diplomatique questions.
Ergenekon: power and democracy in Turkey
According to Bill Park, the Ergenekon case can be seen "as a battle for control over Turkey's institutions. The core choice is between (on one side) an inner core of unelected, self-appointed and often state-employed arch-nationalists whose 'culture of immunity' is at last under threat, and (on the other) an imperfectly democratic, illiberal, but nonetheless electorally popular new elite of Anatolian populists."
Analysis of Cumhuriyet Bombing & The Turkish Council of State Attack
The fundamental target of the terrorism and anti democratic organizations in any country is to create chaos and disbelief in the legal system and Turkey is no exception. In this article, Cumhuriyet Daily Newspaper bombings and The Turkish Council of State Attack will be analyzed within the framework of the relationship with the alleged ETO (Ergenekon Terrorist Organization).
Bi-Weekly Update
Ergenekon Update 16-31 January 2010
Turkey shocked by yet another army plot against government; “Sledgemammer” would hit judiciary too; Çapan and Sarıkaya released; EP supports the Ergenekon case; Civil court deals with Poyrazköy…
Ergenekon Update 1-15 January 2010
Actions of “Cage” and “Ergenekon” related to each other; Kanadoğlu at court house; investigation against Dursun Çiçek…
Weekly Update 28 December 2009-3 January 2010
Turkish security council convene as police search army unit; Turkish military denies clandestine intel unit over political murders; Court takes decision for rejection of venue for commanders; Turkey says letter to judge not anthrax; Actions of Cage and Ergenekon related to each other
Weekly Update 21 December-27 December 2009
Gül: Developments do not suit Turkey; Turkey's Arinc speaks about assassination plot for first time; Lawsuits against journalists turn into suppression; Turkish PM surprisingly meets General Staff Chief
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