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| Yasar Büyükanit, left-Ilker Basbug, right |
The court decision in the Ergenekon trial does not only raise the question of whether or not it was an indictment against the Generals and political opponents of the Erdogan government. It also raises the question why the name of Yasar Buyukanit is not on the list of those accused and convicted.
Former Army chief General Ilker Basbug was sentenced to life in prison for his actions while he served as Second Chief of the Armed Forces from 2003 to 2008. However, during that period, Yasar Buyukanit was the leader of the Armed Forces! How could the court condemn Basbug, the leader of the northern fleet, the leader of the gendarmerie and dozens of other “pashas” and not Buyukanit whose name appears nowhere?
In April 2007 Erdogan had announced Abdullah Gul as candidate for the presidency of the Republic. The Turkish Armed Forces had then announced online that “the Turkish Armed Forces will do everything to protect the secular state”. That was a threat of a coup against the government. In the end, the man that threatened to stage a coup was not convicted but Basbug was led to prison.
Perhaps the secret behind the investigation and the trial of the Ergenekon case as well as the prosecutions against the generals is what the Turkish media call the “Dolambahce meeting”.
- On May 5th 2007, following the Buyukanit threats, Erdogan called the chief of the Armed Forces to his office at the Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul. Nobody to this day knows exaxtly what was discussed during the three hour meeting. However, since that day, the Turkish Armed Forces almost surrendered to the Turkish government.
- Many newspapers have from time to time suggested that Erdogan threatened Buyukanit in this meeting with personal information about his wife’s costly lifestyle and the personal life of his daughter.
It has also been reported that Erdogan offered to hide this information in exchange for evidence against other “pashas”. None of these reports have been confirmed as both men stated they will never reveal what was discussed during their meeting.
One month after the Dolmabahce meeting the Ergenekon case begun to unfold with the discovery of the first safe-house of the organization in Istanbul. What followed was the persecution of hundreds of army officers on charges of involvement in Ergenekon and after that the army’s secret plan code-named “Sledgehammer” was revealed. The plan involved causing unrest in Turkey in order to overthrow the government. It even included bringing down a Turkish Airforce fighter plane to create conditions of war with Greece.
Buyukanit was never accused of involvement in any of these plans or organizations and was never convicted. He either really didn’t know anything despite being the leader of the Armed Forces for many years or some secret agreement was reached. This remains to be seen in future.
- See more at: http://www.balkaneu.com
6/8/13
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Das wäre die Gelegenheit gewesen, um in einer sauberen Ermittlung Tat und bloße Vermutung voneinander zu trennen und in einem rechtsstaatlichen Verfahren die Verbrechen des berüchtigten "tiefen Staates" aufzuarbeiten. Eine Mehrheit der Türken befürwortete diese Prozesse.
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"Η απόφαση αυτή άνευ συζήτησης ανακηρύσσει την ηγεσία των Τουρκικών Ενόπλων Δυνάμεων και κατά συνέπεια το ίδιο το στράτευμα ως παράνομη ένοπλη τρομοκρατική οργάνωση" αναφέρεται στην επιστολή και προστίθεται:
"Ο Διοικητής που σήμερα κατέχει την θέση του Αρχηγού του Γενικού Επιτελείου, βάσει των υποχρεώσεων που πηγάζουν από την θεσμική του ευθύνη, για πόσο καιρό θα επακολουθεί να σιωπά, μπροστά σ' αυτή την απαράδεκτη απόφαση, την οποία δεν απεδέχθη και αντέδρασε και κ. Πρωθυπουργός;"
''Η όποια ερμηνεία που υπερασπίζεται την απόφαση είναι εκτός λογικής και επ' ουδενί δεν ικανοποιεί την κοινή γνώμη'', τονίζει ο Μπασμπούγ στην επιστολή του.
http://www.ethnos.gr/article.asp?catid=22769&subid=2&pubid=63870410
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PM Erdoğan, general must speak up against coup case, retired General Başbuğ writes...
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Başbuğ’s letter came after the landmark ruling released Aug. 5 in the Ergenekon coup plot case. The court ruled for the conviction of more than 250 people on charges of attempting to topple the government, while jailing Başbuğ for life.
Başbuğ recalls Erdoğan’s remarks on case
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Turkish court rejects former commander's plea for release...
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Istanbul's 13th High Criminal Court rejected Basbug's plea on the grounds that the prosecution had concluded on August 5, 2013, and there was no need to issue another decree about his imprisonment.
The petition filed by Basbug's attorney Ilkay Sezer on December 31 stated that the court verdict didn't include the probability that Ilker Basbug could have fled and destroyed evidence against him, thus requesting Basbug's release from prison.
On August 5, the same court had convicted the retired general of attempting to overthrow the government and sentenced him to life in prison at the end of the six-year-long Ergenekon trial, in which 275 suspects including retired military commanders, former police chiefs, journalists, businessmen and others were accused of plotting to depose the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party government.
http://www.aa.com.tr/en/headline/271284--turkish-court-rejects-former-commanders-plea-for-release
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Başbuğ, sentenced to life in prison as part of the Ergenekon case for his alleged involvement in a plot to topple the government, had demanded his release, using Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s statement that there were “gangs within the state” as proof of his innocence.
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“We have reached the opinion that one or more judicial control measures could be used,” the prosecutor added in his plea, which was rejected by the court.
The demand had also been rejected by a local court earlier this month.
The Ergenekon case is still being reviewed for an appeal at the Turkish Supreme Court of Appeals.
The release demand came as part of an initiative for the retrial of the coup case suspects, which has also been gathering support from the government.
Başbuğ was given a life sentence in a landmark verdict in the Ergenekon coup plot case on Aug. 5, 2013. The court did not reveal its reasoning and decided on the continuation of the arrest of Başbuğ as a precaution until the reasoning is released.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/court-rejects-ex-turkish-army-chiefs-release-despite-prosecutors-favorable-plea.aspx?pageID=238&nID=61343&NewsCatID=338
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