"Media, news manipulated on Ergenekon, say media experts...
In some cases, media might even be a manipulator. It doesn't need to be manipulated:)
Media, news manipulated on Ergenekon, say media experts
While the repercussions of the Ergenekon investigation are being felt amid the current political turmoil caused by the closure case opened against the ruling party, media analysts say theNews editor bites government
There is a monumental case before the courts in Turkey to shut down the ruling party, so it may come as something of a surprise to learn that some people are just too impatient to wait for the judges to do their worst.The amazing adventures of the Ergenekon mates
Mustafa AKYOL
Four remanded after Turkish raids
Four of 21 people held in a series of raids by Turkish police probing a suspected plot against the government are remanded in custody.Turkish coup plot awakens fear of violent nationalism | World news | The Observer
Turkey crisis: Hopes of democracy are hanging in the balance | Comment is free | The Observer
TheRecord.com - Opinions - Turkey's 'deep state' is doomed
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Turkish unrest unsettles investors - International Herald Tribune
Only a coup prevented? by MÜMTAZ’ER TÜRKÖNE
The Ergenekon investigation being carried out by İstanbul's Chief Public Prosecutor's Office is coming to an end. The indictment is anticipated to be around 2,000 to 2,500 pages.Ergenekon’s left hand
An ongoing probe into the Ergenekon terrorist organization and its ensuing detentions have brought a new rift into the light of day.General Staff asked for confidential documents from daily Taraf
The General Staff has asked a newspaper to hand over confidential military documents it received, claiming the documents were illegally leaked to the press and published, reported daily Taraf Friday.Ergenekon as an illegal political party
We are dealing with a creature that does not belong to Turkey or this world. Normal terms do not suffice to define and describe this entity. Most of us make reference to the "coup" threat, making an analogy between this threat and a nightmare.'Ergenekon' an opportunity for peace between state and people by Mustafa Acar
Everyone has a stance based on their ideological tendencies and political perspectives. These discussions are pretty important in the process by which Turkey is evolving toward democratic, civilian and pluralist rule.Turkey: A Look In From the Outside
By Patricia H. Kushlis
Earlier this week, Bloomberg reported that the Turkish police had arrested two retired generals, the head of Ankara’s main business lobby and 21 others affiliated with an ultra-right wing group in a failed coup plot against the Turkish government.
Military takeovers in Turkey were part of the political landscape for years but, if I remember correctly, they were normally restricted to the highest ranks of the active duty Turkish armed forces. They were usually successful. They only occurred when actions by civilian politicians threatened to destroy the country and, as a consequence, they also had considerable popular support.
This week’s reported coup plot and the arrests made met none of those criteria.
AKP defense focuses on 'not being focal point,' says case 'ideological'
Excerpts from the ruling Justice and Development Party's, or AKP, verbal defense at the Constitutional Court on the closure case, presented Thursday by Deputy Prime Minister Cemil ÇiçekBattling for the soul of Turkish law
We have two very important legal cases before the courts that almost exactly summarize the ongoing tension in the Turkish political sphere. The cases are legal cases, but they are about governing Turkey and about the perception of law-state-society issues by different sections in Turkey.Trial of strength
Q&A: The case against Turkey's ruling partyErgenekon detentions in the headlines
ZAMAN: "Large-scale Ergenekon detentions" was Zaman's headline yesterday for a story on the Ergenekon gang investigation, launched after explosives were uncovered last year in İstanbul. The investigation has taken on a new dimension following the detention of former senior generals.Army inciters are panicking now
Why have the recent detentions in the Ergenekon investigation created a state of confusion among some circles? Also, why have they caused everybody to start asking “What’s happening”?VOA News - Turkish Media: Detained Secular Activists to be Tried on Terror Charges
Ergenekon from the stance of the military
We cannot, of course, know what the details are or where the results will take us; however, looking at the situation as it stands now, the Ergenekon arrests are not only significant in terms of being a giant step on the road to democracy and in terms of an attempt to prevent a plan that went beyond a coup, but I believe they are also significant from the perspective of another point on which we haven't focused at all.A new superior position and a new opportunity
The voiced opinions and written words which emerged in the wake of the arrests in the Ergenekon case on Tuesday seemed to indicate that the chances the AK Party will be forced to close down are now somewhat reduced.Judicial process will reveal the truth
Speculation is mounting over the latest detentions in the investigation into Ergenekon, a shadowy crime network that allegedly has links within the state and is suspected of plotting an overthrow of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government with two coup attempts in 2004.Can Turkey escape from this crisis?
The crisis that Turkey is currently engulfed in actually began last spring with the military Internet "memorandum" and that all-too-well-known "367 decision" rendered by the Constitutional Court.We need to believe in the justice system, but…
Turkey's biggest problem is that, outside of the so-called "immunity" enjoyed by deputies, everyone else also sees themselves as protected in their own particular kind of "immunity."Look here, this too will pass
While we have the court case aimed at closing down the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) on one hand, we also have the ongoing Ergenekon investigation, and in the meantime, the worldwide economic crisis, too.Turkish democracy improving despite obstacles
The detention of four high-ranking retired generals on Tuesday over alleged links to the Ergenekon gang, a criminal network that is believed to have links to the state and is suspected of plotting to overthrow the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government in 2004, has marked the beginning of a new era in Turkish political history.Yusuf Kanlı: Shall we remember the Aşkın case?
Criticizing the malfunctions of the Turkish judicial system and having respect for justice are two different things that should not be confused. If the Law on the Procedures of Trial, particularly its section defining under which conditions someone should be taken into custody or, indeed, should be arrested, are to be respected. No one can defend either keeping people under arrest for many months – some well over one year – without an official charge against them, or the latest detentions. The laws clearly state that people can be detained – or arrested – only after a charge was read to their face and, if there was a possibility that they might cover up, alter or distort evidence, try toTrouble at home, but Turkey gains strength abroad - The National Newspaper
Does The Military Support Ergenekon Arrests?
On Tuesday, 23 people, including three former army commanders, a journalist and the leader of a business group, were detained in operations in the cities of Ankara, Istanbul, Antalya, Erzurum and Trabzon as part of an investigation into a powerful and illegal organization suspected of plotting to overthrow the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government….
Coup Diaries&Ergenekon in Turkey
23 persons accused of being gang member, preparing 2 failed coup d'etats arrested by Turkish police yesterday. Turkish society and economy are in the shock of this operation, because it is a first… yes first time in the history... Turkish army generals accused of aiming coup d’etat are going to be judged by court. In 1960, 1971, 1980 and 1997, four times Turkish goverments were overthrew by army and any army generals were not judged by courts. Last coup is known as a post-modern coup d’etat, because PM was resigned after secretly forced by army chiefs.
Arrests signal fresh phase in Turkey's secular struggle
In the labyrinthine relations of Turkey's military and the country's politicians, this week's arrests might have a more encouraging importFury at arrests as army urges calm
Members of military and civil society differed in their reaction to the Ergenekon detentions that shook the country Tuesday. Land Forces Commander General İlker Başbuğ, urging theMistakes and misnomers
Let me start by correcting a few mistakes often made, by foreign commentators in particular, when passing judgment on Turkey. What is happening in Turkey today is not “tension that is about to boil over between Turkey’s secular establishment and a popular religious-minded government.”Leaks from the Turkish Armed Forces
Even though the titles of Turkey’s political debates change, the essence remains the same. The struggle continues between the new political current and the new economic classes represented by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the old political and economic power circles.Sept. 12, Hudson, Eruygur: always the same scenario
The coup plans among the documents seized from the private office of retired Gendarmerie Forces Commander Gen. Şener Eruygur in the Fenerbahçe Officers Club have been leaked to the press.What should be done: how to change?
Turkish modernization is based on imitation. For this reason, it pursues the transfer of symbols rather than the analysis of concepts.Yusuf Kanlı: Build-up of a crisis
Turkey is sailing at full steam toward a crisis. As it heads toward court closure, the ruling party has apparently started to act with a “I won't sink alone” obsession. Still in shock from the morning's detentions, I was talking Tuesday evening with Özgen Acar, an old friend and one of the most senior journalists in Ankara. Earlier that day, our mutual friend, Cumhuriyet's Ankara Representative Mustafa Balbay, was detained by police in connection with the ongoing “Ergenekon Gang” probe together with Tercüman's Editor-in-Chief Ufuk Büyükçelebi, retired four star generals, Hurşit Tolon and Şener Eruygur, Chairman Sinan Aygün of the Ankara Chamber of Commerce, or ATO, and scores of other peopleWaking up to ErgenekonCengiz ÇANDARA brief history of the 'grand' Ergenekonİsmet BERKANThe arrest of the untouchablesMustafa AKYOLFraying the fibers of our democracyFatigued by the search for peace the Turkish capital has once again found itself in one of the gravest muddles of its near history, messed up with the alleged coup scenarios and closure caseConversation with a group of officersMehmet Ali BirandThe politics hits the fanThe Turkish stock market took a tumble at the beginning of this week, and even the most blasé İstanbul traders, the sort who keep only one eye on the bickering in Ankara, are now sitting up with a start. |
