Σύμφωνα με πληροφορίες των τουρκικών μέσων ενημέρωσης, η κυβέρνηση ήταν αντίθετη στην αναβάθμιση του Καλίοντζου γιατί το όνομά του είχε ακουστεί στις καταθέσεις μαρτύρων στη δίκη για την υπόθεση της Εργκενεκόν.
Η απόφαση του δικαστηρίου για την υπόθεση αυτή αναμένεται να ανακοινωθεί την Δευτέρα.
Το Ανώτατο Στρατιωτικό Συμβούλιο διόρισε νέο αρχηγό του στρατού ξηράς τον στρατηγό Χουλουσί Ακάρ ο οποίος, όπως συνηθίζεται και εκτός απροόπτου, θα αντικαταστήσει τον στρατηγό Νετσντέτ Οζέλ και θα αναλάβει αρχηγός του Γενικού Επιτελείου Ενόπλων Δυνάμεων στις κρίσεις του 2015.
Στην ιστοσελίδα του το Γενικό Επιτελείο ανακοίνωσε επίσης ότι διοικητής του ναυτικού αναλαμβάνει ο αντιναύαρχος Μπουλέντ Μποστάνογλου, επικεφαλής της αεροπορίας ο αντιπτέραρχος Ακίν Οζτούρκ και επικεφαλής της χωροφυλακής ο στρατηγός Σερβέτ Γιορούκ.
Οι διορισμοί αυτοί έχουν ήδη εγκριθεί από τον πρόεδρο της Τουρκίας Αμπντουλάχ Γκιουλ.
http://www.enet.gr
3/8/13
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The Turkish government has removed from office all four force commanders of the army, including the Chief of Gendarmerie Forces General Bekir Kalyoncu, who was expected to be appointed to replace the current chief of the Land Forces according to customary practice.
The Supreme Military Council’s (YAŞ) appointments shaping the commandment echelon of the army which was announced Aug. 3 following President Abdullah Gül’s approval, assigned Deputy Chief of the Turkish General Staff General Hulusi Akar as the new Land Forces Commander replacing General HayriKıvrıkoğlu, who was consigned to retirement.
The post is considered to be key as the Land Forces Commander is customarily the next in line to replace the current Chief of General Staff General Necdet Özel, who will be keeping his post until August 2015.
Speculation had grown during the three-day Supreme Military Council meetings that Kalyoncu was not approved of by the government as his name was mentioned in testimonies by defendants in the Ergenekon case as a figure involved in operations aiming to organize a coup against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government.
Air Forces Commander Mehmet Erten was replaced by General Akın Öztürk, Naval Forces Commander Murat Bilgel was replaced by Admiral Bülent Bostanoğlu and General Kalyoncu was replaced by General Servet Yörük as the new Chief of Gendarmerie Forces.
Admiral Bilgel was also put sent into retirement, along with Generals Kıvrıkoğlu and Kalyoncu.
Meanwhile, General Erten was appointed as a member of the Supreme Military Council (YAŞ). The decision has been interpreted behind the scenes as a “polite way of forcing a resignation,” daily Hürriyet reported. Erten is expected to ask for his retirement within six months, the report added.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/major-sweep-of-turkish-top-brass-by-the-government-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=51959&NewsCatID=338
3/8/13
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Time for verdict arrives in Turkey's major coup plot trial....
ReplyDeleteTurkey’s most important legal battle comes to an end as the Aug. 5 verdict trial closes the curtain on the Ergenekon coup case, with one final hearing to decide the fate of its 275 suspects.
The curtain is set to finally come down on Turkey’s most-important trial in recent memory, as judges are expected to give their verdict against 275 suspects in the five-year-long Ergenekon case today at the Silivri Courthouse amid massive security precautions.
The case, which began in 2007 with the discovery of 27 hand grenades in a house in Istanbul, has seen some of the country’s most prominent figures detained and arrested, including the likes of former Chief of General Staff Gen. İlker Başbuğ, Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputies Mehmet Haberal and Mustafa Balbay and journalists Tuncay Özkan and İlhan Selçuk. A series of high-ranking army personnel, including retired generals Veli Küçük, Hasan Iğsız, Hurşit Tolon and Şener Eruygur, have also been jailed.
The case began with the testimonies of the owners of the house where the explosives were discovered, and the initial indictment, running nearly 3,000 pages, accused the suspects of running a mafia-like terrorist organization that aimed to “push the country back to chaos, darkness and insecurity” in a bid to provoke a military coup against the Islamist-leaning Justice and Development Party (AKP). A second indictment was accepted in 2009, after which even more high-level public figures were detained, prompting authorities to construct a new courtroom in Istanbul’s Silivri district because the original hall was too small to allow in the suspects, lawyers and members of the gallery.
One of the biggest moments of the trial period came with the detention of Başbuğ, who was arrested on Jan. 6, 2012, after being interrogated and sent to court to face charges related to running a terrorist organization and attempting to “destroy the Turkish government or to attempt to partially or completely prevent its functioning.”
Başbuğ’s indictment called for the former army chief to be sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment. Başbuğ has so far attended eight hearings.....http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/time-for-verdict-arrives-in-turkeys-major-coup-plot-trial.aspx?pageID=238&nID=52014&NewsCatID=339
5/8/13