Former Governor Was Business Partners With A Major Ergenekon Accused

Adil Serdar Saçan, former Branch Director of Istanbul’s Fight Against Organized Crimes Department, who is accused of trying to cover up the Ergenekon investigation in 2001, praises Oktay Yıldırım in a letter he wrote to Bekir Öztürk: “My brother Oktay is a hero, a  veteran master sergeant.

Hasan Özdemir, Gaziantep deputy from the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Istanbul’s police chief at the time, who, according to Saçan, knew about the investigation at the time, said, “I did not see that document. The prosecutor must have sent it directly to the Istanbul Intelligence Branch.”

Another person whom Saçan presented as a witness about the allegations in connection with the Ergenekon investigation, that is, Erol Çakır, Istanbul governor at the time, was business partners with Veli Küçük, one of the accused in the Ergenekon case.   

The meeting of the commanders

According to the documents that were recovered in the Ergenekon investigation, the high-level commanders of the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) had a meeting about the “problems of the country” on July 15 – 16, 2003.

The target was the government. The commanders were of the opinion that they had to make a decision or accept their fate. To accomplish this, they thought it was necessary to insult the prime minister in special meetings. They also thought that they needed a good media support.

The identity of the secret witness is known

As the communications between the chief prosecutor of Istanbul and the Gaziantep Prison were added to the Ergenekon indictment, the identity of one of the secret witnesses, the one who is a Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) informant, has been revealed.

Files kept on AKP members

The election zones and brief life stories, with additional notes, of  the Justice and Development Party deputies for the 22nd term were found on a document among the files of accused Halil Behiç Gürcihan, owner of the internet site “acikistibahrat.com” (open intelligence), who was arrested in June 2008.

Keeping files encompassed the Adana, Adıyaman, Afyon, Ağrı, Aksaray, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Ardahan and Balıkesir deputies. (EÜ/EZÖ/TB)