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Turkish civil organisations preparing mass march against army coups
"70 Million Steps Coalition" will stage a big march against military coups on the anniversary of postmodern coup of February 28.
3 former top generals are arrested in Turkey
“The police detained three of the highest-ranking former generals in the country as part of a vast investigation into a movement accused of planning to overthrow the government,” Sebnem Arsu from the International Herald Tribune reports.
Coups away
“Despite frenzied stories of coup plots, the Turkish army is becoming less likely to intervene in politics. That is all to the good,” The Economist remarks.
Turkish people are subject to a massive witch hunt
An indictment by prosecutors investigating allegations of a plot by some navy officers claims that 6 million Turks with Islamic tendencies were the subject of a smear campaign launched by an infamous unit operating within the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK).
Columns
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 16-28 February 2010
Erzincan prosecutor Cihaner detained in Ergenekon probe; Poyrazköy indictment added to case file of Malatya murders; Cihaner file sent back to Erzurum prosecutor’s Office; Former force commanders detained in largest Ergenekon wave; Ecevit’s medical docs reach Ergenekon court; Two admirals, five military officers put behind bars in coup plot; 13 more arrested in coup probe; 10 released pending trial in Revolutionary Headquarters case; More Sledgehammer arrests…
Ergenekon Update 1-15 February 2010
Ergenekon suspect sentenced to four years in prison; Court asked to investigate Ergenekon link in Dink murder; EP expresses concern over Sledgehammer; CHP deputies reinforce solidarity with Ergenekon defense…
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…
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