Journalists Suffer From Generals Coup Plans

Bakırköy Public Prosecutor's Office launches an investigation into the diaries of retired General Özden Örnek, which states that army high command has planned and discussed military coup plans, which didn't realize.

But the investigation doesn't cover the military coup plans; rather the prosecution will interrogate the weekly Nokta magazine, which revealed the diaries in question.

Nokta chief editor Alper Görmüş said, following PM Erdoğan's call to public prosecutors to investigate the allegations, they received a notice.

They will be tried with "disinclining the public from military duty" and "promoting unrest among army members". Görmüş will be interrogated today regarding the allegations.

Such are quoted in the Turkish Penal Code, articles 318 and 319.

Nokta's lawyers disclosed that the investigation has been launched following Gen. Örnek's complaints. He claims that the published diaries are fake and he never kept any diaries at all.

Görmüş criticized the investigation saying it's the revealed military coup plans that should be investigated.

"Unless the judiciary investigates those allegations, one would think that certain crimes are exempt from punishment", he added.(EÖ/EÜ)