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OUTRAGE AT NEW ERGENEKON RAIDS
Opposition, lawyers and colleagues express outrage at new Ergenekon raids.. Police raids of 16 homes in Ankara and Istanbul, including those of journalists and a former intelligence officer, have been slammed by media colleagues, lawyers and opposition politicians as an "illegal" attempt to silence critical voices.
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Opposition, lawyers and colleagues express outrage at new Ergenekon raids.. Police raids of 16 homes in Ankara and Istanbul, including those of journalists and a former intelligence officer, have been slammed by media colleagues, lawyers and opposition politicians as an “illegal” attempt to silence critical voices.
Turkish police conducted the raids Thursday as part of the ongoing Ergenekon case, an investigation into an alleged gang accused to plotting to topple the government.
“The searches are against the law. The search warrant does not state what the individuals are being accused of,” said Ankara Bar Association head Metin Feyzioğlu, who held a press conference in front of one of the houses during the police raid. He said this lack of detail makes the documents illegal and put everyone in danger of being searched without cause.
“If journalists’ houses and offices are searched in the early hours of the morning without a concrete reason, this shows the [state of] democracy in Turkey must be questioned,” said Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party, or CHP.
Nedim Şener Nedim Şener, an author and investigative reporter at daily Milliyet, was chosen by the International Press Institute as a World Press Freedom Hero following the publication of his book “The Hrant Dink Murder and Intelligence Lies.”
“He really was a hero to carry out such an investigation and to very openly write about the Dink murder not only in the book but also in his articles in his newspaper,” the IPI Turkish National Committee said. “He kept it on the agenda, which wasn’t an easy thing to do because of all the problems with all the officials who were involved. It was a very brave thing to do.”
Due to what he wrote in the book, Şener faced trial for “making targets of civil servants,” “obtaining secret documents” and “exposing secret documents.” He was acquitted on all charges in June 2010.
The author later published another book on the murder, “Red Friday – Who Broke Dink’s Pen?” and also wrote “Fethullah Gülen and the Gülen Community in Ergenekon Documents.”
Documents found during a recent police search of the offices of the dissident news website Oda TV allegedly implicated Şener in assisting with some book projects against the Gülen movement.
In his column in daily Posta on Feb. 25, Şener wrote that there were threats made against him after it was revealed that police accused of negligence in Dink’s murder were also involved in the Ergenekon inquiry.
Şener also drew attention recently when he interviewed former Eskişehir Chief of Police Hanefi Avcı, who published a book on the Gülen movement structure among the Turkish police. Following its publication, Avcı was arrested and accused of helping a terrorist organization.
Ahmet Şık Ahmet Şık is a prominent journalist who first revealed the “Özden Örnek Coup Diaries,” which were key pieces of evidence in the original Ergenekon indictment in 2007.
He has worked as a journalist for prominent newspapers including Milliyet, Cumhuriyet, Evrensel and Radikal and has won many awards from various national media organizations.
Şık wrote a book with another journalist, Ertuğrul Mavioğlu, about the Ergenekon case last year, called “Kırk Katır Kırk Satır” (Between a Rock and a Hard Place). The book was immediately put under legal investigation on the day of its release. It had two volumes: “Kontragerilla ve Ergenekon’u Anlama Kılavuzu” (The Guide to Understanding Counter Guerilla and Ergenekon) and “Ergenekon’da Kim Kimdir?” (Who’s who in Ergenekon?).
Şık recently began working on a new book investigating the presence of members of the Gülen Islamist movement inside the Police Department. A draft of his book was found during the police raid on the offices of Oda TV, a dissident website owned by journalist Soner Yalçın who was arrested after the raid two weeks ago.
Şık was also currently working on the news desk of the website for Bilgi University.
Other detainees
– Translator and writer Doğan Yurdakul, who occasionally writes for Oda TV, published two books with the site's owner, Soner Yalçın: “Bay Pipo,” about the National Intelligence Organization, or MİT, and “Reis,” a biography of Abdullah Çatlı, who was affiliated with the Susurluk case, which exposed a link between the police, mafia and corrupt politicians. His book “At the Crossroads of Secrets” is a historical novel.
– Writer Yalçın Küçük was a defendant in the Ergenekon trial. Though he was never detained, his homes were searched by police in 2009 as part of the ongoing investigation. A hard-line secularist and leftist writer, he often makes fiery statements against the government.
– Mümtaz İdil is the Ankara representative of Oda TV. He previously worked for the Culture Ministry and is the author of 17 published works.
– İklim Ayfer Kaleli (Bayraktar) is a reporter for Oda TV in Ankara.
– Sait Çakır is a writer for Oda TV.
– Aydın Bıyıklı is a reporter for Oda TV.
– Coşkun Musluk is a reporter for Oda TV.
– Müyesser Yıldız is a journalist writing for Oda TV. He also worked for dailies Tercüman, Günaydın and Akşam, and for Nokta magazine.
– Kaşif Kozinoğlu is a former member of MİT and the first high-level member of the organization to face trial in the case of former high court judge Eraslan Özkaya.
The current situation is “ridiculous and tragic,” said journalist Ertuğrul Mavioğlu, noting that Ahmet Şık, one of the journalists whose homes were searched, had been instrumental in opening the Ergenekon case in the first place. The diaries in Şık’s “Coup Diaries” story for weekly Nokta in 2007, an article that led to the magazine being shut down, were among the key evidence that led to the investigation, Mavioğlu said.
It is a very “immoral accusation to place Ahmet Şık next to the ‘deep state’ and Ergenekon,” said Mavioğlu, a journalist with daily Radikal and co-author with Şık of a two-volume book about the Ergenekon case. Speaking to the Daily News while in front of Şık’s house as the search continued, he said he cannot compare the situation to anything but McCarthyism.
The “deep state” is an alleged shadow organization of state officials and members of the military within the state. Though many people, including presidents, have claimed its existence, it has never been exactly defined. Some claim the alleged Ergenekon gang is another name for the deep state.
Daily Hürriyet columnist İsmet Berkan told the Daily News on Thursday that he does not have enough information to speak on the recent raids, but added: “However, Nedim Şener and Ahmet Şık are people I know very closely. [Şık] is among the people who uncovered Ergenekon. I want to think this is a joke.”
Though both journalists have criticized the police and prosecutors running the Ergenekon investigation, these criticisms were not against the idea of the investigation itself, but the fact that its efforts have not been sufficient, Berkan said.
The investigation is “a conspiracy” against Şık, the secretary-general of the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions, or DİSK, of which the journalist is a member, said in a written statement that accused the ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, of “suppressing the opposition with conspiracy theories.”
“Ahmet Şık is performing exemplary honest journalism, sharing his research with the public without being suppressed by or being afraid of the oppression and threats of the ruling administration,” DİSK Secretary-General Tayfun Görgün said in the statement. He added that Şık was working on a book about an alleged organization within the police related to the Fethullah Gülen religious community and theorized that is why the attempt was made to connect the journalist to the Ergenekon case.
“Those who are not close to the government can’t survive in the media. Media members are living in fear,” said Ahmet Abakay, president of the Contemporary Journalists Association, or ÇGD. “The move is a threat and intimidation against government critics.”
Minister of Internal Affairs Beşir Atalay told journalists Thursday afternoon that the searches were “a decision made by the judiciary. The police were meeting the judiciary’s demands. It would be wrong to say anything more. Turkey is a state of law.”
President Abdullah Gül echoed Atalay’s statements, saying, “The decision was made by the court and the prosecutors” and declining to comment further.
CHP deputy leader Sezgin Tanrıkulu challenged the idea that Turkey is a state of law, saying such a claim cannot be made in a country where people face the threat of having their homes torn apart and every detail of their personal lives invaded. “Anyone outside the AKP’s circle is at risk of being labeled a member of a terrorist organization,” he said.
The Ergenekon case has strayed from its course and turned into a method for the government to silence people who oppose it, CHP group deputy chairman Akif Hamzaçebi said in a separate press conference that he held specifically to address the raids.
“They want to silence the media. Turkey is already 138th among all countries based on press freedom. Such incidents will only force press freedom to recede even further,” Hamzaçebi said.
“Journalists keep documents and information and hold talks on the telephone. It is their job. But you create a crime element from this,” said Ercan İpekçi, the president of the Turkish Journalists Union, or TGS. “In the 1970s, journalists were arrested for making propaganda for communism. They are now detained for making propaganda for terror organizations.”
The AKP is creating its own police state, CHP chief Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said Wednesday, before the searches took place. “We are headed toward a future where the people are scared and uncertain what will happen to those who oppose,” he said. “Many journalists are in prison. Media corporations that try to remain independent are being given billions of dollars in unwarranted tax fines.”
Thursday, March 3, 2011
SOURCE: Hürriyet Daily News
Turkish police conducted the raids Thursday as part of the ongoing Ergenekon case, an investigation into an alleged gang accused to plotting to topple the government.
“The searches are against the law. The search warrant does not state what the individuals are being accused of,” said Ankara Bar Association head Metin Feyzioğlu, who held a press conference in front of one of the houses during the police raid. He said this lack of detail makes the documents illegal and put everyone in danger of being searched without cause.
“If journalists’ houses and offices are searched in the early hours of the morning without a concrete reason, this shows the [state of] democracy in Turkey must be questioned,” said Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party, or CHP.
Nedim Şener Nedim Şener, an author and investigative reporter at daily Milliyet, was chosen by the International Press Institute as a World Press Freedom Hero following the publication of his book “The Hrant Dink Murder and Intelligence Lies.”
“He really was a hero to carry out such an investigation and to very openly write about the Dink murder not only in the book but also in his articles in his newspaper,” the IPI Turkish National Committee said. “He kept it on the agenda, which wasn’t an easy thing to do because of all the problems with all the officials who were involved. It was a very brave thing to do.”
Due to what he wrote in the book, Şener faced trial for “making targets of civil servants,” “obtaining secret documents” and “exposing secret documents.” He was acquitted on all charges in June 2010.
The author later published another book on the murder, “Red Friday – Who Broke Dink’s Pen?” and also wrote “Fethullah Gülen and the Gülen Community in Ergenekon Documents.”
Documents found during a recent police search of the offices of the dissident news website Oda TV allegedly implicated Şener in assisting with some book projects against the Gülen movement.
In his column in daily Posta on Feb. 25, Şener wrote that there were threats made against him after it was revealed that police accused of negligence in Dink’s murder were also involved in the Ergenekon inquiry.
Şener also drew attention recently when he interviewed former Eskişehir Chief of Police Hanefi Avcı, who published a book on the Gülen movement structure among the Turkish police. Following its publication, Avcı was arrested and accused of helping a terrorist organization.
Ahmet Şık Ahmet Şık is a prominent journalist who first revealed the “Özden Örnek Coup Diaries,” which were key pieces of evidence in the original Ergenekon indictment in 2007.
He has worked as a journalist for prominent newspapers including Milliyet, Cumhuriyet, Evrensel and Radikal and has won many awards from various national media organizations.
Şık wrote a book with another journalist, Ertuğrul Mavioğlu, about the Ergenekon case last year, called “Kırk Katır Kırk Satır” (Between a Rock and a Hard Place). The book was immediately put under legal investigation on the day of its release. It had two volumes: “Kontragerilla ve Ergenekon’u Anlama Kılavuzu” (The Guide to Understanding Counter Guerilla and Ergenekon) and “Ergenekon’da Kim Kimdir?” (Who’s who in Ergenekon?).
Şık recently began working on a new book investigating the presence of members of the Gülen Islamist movement inside the Police Department. A draft of his book was found during the police raid on the offices of Oda TV, a dissident website owned by journalist Soner Yalçın who was arrested after the raid two weeks ago.
Şık was also currently working on the news desk of the website for Bilgi University.
Other detainees
– Translator and writer Doğan Yurdakul, who occasionally writes for Oda TV, published two books with the site's owner, Soner Yalçın: “Bay Pipo,” about the National Intelligence Organization, or MİT, and “Reis,” a biography of Abdullah Çatlı, who was affiliated with the Susurluk case, which exposed a link between the police, mafia and corrupt politicians. His book “At the Crossroads of Secrets” is a historical novel.
– Writer Yalçın Küçük was a defendant in the Ergenekon trial. Though he was never detained, his homes were searched by police in 2009 as part of the ongoing investigation. A hard-line secularist and leftist writer, he often makes fiery statements against the government.
– Mümtaz İdil is the Ankara representative of Oda TV. He previously worked for the Culture Ministry and is the author of 17 published works.
– İklim Ayfer Kaleli (Bayraktar) is a reporter for Oda TV in Ankara.
– Sait Çakır is a writer for Oda TV.
– Aydın Bıyıklı is a reporter for Oda TV.
– Coşkun Musluk is a reporter for Oda TV.
– Müyesser Yıldız is a journalist writing for Oda TV. He also worked for dailies Tercüman, Günaydın and Akşam, and for Nokta magazine.
– Kaşif Kozinoğlu is a former member of MİT and the first high-level member of the organization to face trial in the case of former high court judge Eraslan Özkaya.
The current situation is “ridiculous and tragic,” said journalist Ertuğrul Mavioğlu, noting that Ahmet Şık, one of the journalists whose homes were searched, had been instrumental in opening the Ergenekon case in the first place. The diaries in Şık’s “Coup Diaries” story for weekly Nokta in 2007, an article that led to the magazine being shut down, were among the key evidence that led to the investigation, Mavioğlu said.
It is a very “immoral accusation to place Ahmet Şık next to the ‘deep state’ and Ergenekon,” said Mavioğlu, a journalist with daily Radikal and co-author with Şık of a two-volume book about the Ergenekon case. Speaking to the Daily News while in front of Şık’s house as the search continued, he said he cannot compare the situation to anything but McCarthyism.
The “deep state” is an alleged shadow organization of state officials and members of the military within the state. Though many people, including presidents, have claimed its existence, it has never been exactly defined. Some claim the alleged Ergenekon gang is another name for the deep state.
Daily Hürriyet columnist İsmet Berkan told the Daily News on Thursday that he does not have enough information to speak on the recent raids, but added: “However, Nedim Şener and Ahmet Şık are people I know very closely. [Şık] is among the people who uncovered Ergenekon. I want to think this is a joke.”
Though both journalists have criticized the police and prosecutors running the Ergenekon investigation, these criticisms were not against the idea of the investigation itself, but the fact that its efforts have not been sufficient, Berkan said.
The investigation is “a conspiracy” against Şık, the secretary-general of the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions, or DİSK, of which the journalist is a member, said in a written statement that accused the ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, of “suppressing the opposition with conspiracy theories.”
“Ahmet Şık is performing exemplary honest journalism, sharing his research with the public without being suppressed by or being afraid of the oppression and threats of the ruling administration,” DİSK Secretary-General Tayfun Görgün said in the statement. He added that Şık was working on a book about an alleged organization within the police related to the Fethullah Gülen religious community and theorized that is why the attempt was made to connect the journalist to the Ergenekon case.
“Those who are not close to the government can’t survive in the media. Media members are living in fear,” said Ahmet Abakay, president of the Contemporary Journalists Association, or ÇGD. “The move is a threat and intimidation against government critics.”
Minister of Internal Affairs Beşir Atalay told journalists Thursday afternoon that the searches were “a decision made by the judiciary. The police were meeting the judiciary’s demands. It would be wrong to say anything more. Turkey is a state of law.”
President Abdullah Gül echoed Atalay’s statements, saying, “The decision was made by the court and the prosecutors” and declining to comment further.
CHP deputy leader Sezgin Tanrıkulu challenged the idea that Turkey is a state of law, saying such a claim cannot be made in a country where people face the threat of having their homes torn apart and every detail of their personal lives invaded. “Anyone outside the AKP’s circle is at risk of being labeled a member of a terrorist organization,” he said.
The Ergenekon case has strayed from its course and turned into a method for the government to silence people who oppose it, CHP group deputy chairman Akif Hamzaçebi said in a separate press conference that he held specifically to address the raids.
“They want to silence the media. Turkey is already 138th among all countries based on press freedom. Such incidents will only force press freedom to recede even further,” Hamzaçebi said.
“Journalists keep documents and information and hold talks on the telephone. It is their job. But you create a crime element from this,” said Ercan İpekçi, the president of the Turkish Journalists Union, or TGS. “In the 1970s, journalists were arrested for making propaganda for communism. They are now detained for making propaganda for terror organizations.”
The AKP is creating its own police state, CHP chief Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said Wednesday, before the searches took place. “We are headed toward a future where the people are scared and uncertain what will happen to those who oppose,” he said. “Many journalists are in prison. Media corporations that try to remain independent are being given billions of dollars in unwarranted tax fines.”
Thursday, March 3, 2011
SOURCE: Hürriyet Daily News
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