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Military Court Asks For The Dağlıca Ambush Document Published In Daily Taraf

Military Court Asks For The Dağlıca Ambush Document Published In Daily Taraf

The Van Military Court asked for the document appeared in daily Taraf about the Dağlıca ambush. Ramazn Yüce’s lawyer is pleased with the decision, as it supports their case.

19 August 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

Some Questions Not Asked To Ergenekon Suspect Veli Küçük

Some Questions Not Asked To Ergenekon Suspect Veli Küçük

Ergenekon suspect Veli Küçük’s personal organizer includes interesting notes about Major Ahmet Cem Ersever’s murder, but no questions have been asked him about them.

Three More Apprehended For Ergenekon With 280 Grenades

Retired Colonel Arif Doğan and two unidentified individuals were apprehended in connection with the Ergenekon investigation and various weapons and 280 hand grenades were seized.

300 Intellectuals Make A Declaration To Support Ergenekon Investigation

300 hundred people, among them many academicians, jurists, rights defenders, artists and journalists, made a declaration regarding deepening the Ergenekon investigation. They invite everyone who wants to live in a clean society to do the same.

Attachment To The Ergenekon Indictment Is Ready

The court presented to the defense lawyers the attachment to the Ergenekon indictment. The file covers personal and secret communication, including the ones between the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) and the Prime Ministry.

DHKP-C Leader Dursun Karataş Dies

Leader of the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party Front (DHKP-C) Dursun Karataş died at 56 in Holland from cancer.

9 Soldiers Killed In A Remote-Control Bomb In Eastern Turkey

Following the attacks by the Turkish forces, the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) blew up an army truck, killing nine and injuring 2.

Üsküdar Explosives Were Fired With A Mortar Like Mechanism

Istanbul Governor said that the authorities investigated whether or not the target of the explosives was the army barracks. The commander of the First Army said the explosives did not hit the military facilities.

Former Governor Was Business Partners With A Major Ergenekon Accused

Former Governor Was Business Partners With A Major Ergenekon Accused

New information shows that former governor Erol Çakır was business partners with Ergenekon accused Veli Küçük and that there was a meeting of high level commanders in 2003 to discuss what to do to save the country.

Lawyers Object Formally To The Arrests After The Güngören Explosions

Their lawyers objected to the arrest of Hüseyin Türeli, media’s “Güngören bomber”, and the four other individuals with him. The objection may be resolved by the next week.

Explosion In Üsküdar, Three Injured

There was an explosion in front of a municipality building in Üsküdar. Three people were injured. Police announced that there were four mortar fires.

Media Invents A Güngören Bomber, But He Denies The Allegations

Lawyers of Hüseyin Türeli, who is in prison for the Güngören bombings, held a press release to point out the injustice and the torture to which their clients have been subjected so far.

6 August 2008 Ruşen Fırat Güllüoğlu

Güngören Explosions: Solved Or Not Solved?

Minister of Interior Beşir Atalay says the Güngören explosions are solved, but the lawyers of those arrested claim their clients are not the real perpetrators.

İlker Başbuğ Is The New Head Of The Turkish General Staff

President Abdullah Gül approved the new promotions by the High Military Council (YAŞ). The new head of the General Staff is İlker Başbuğ. There were no expulsions this year.

Republican People’s Party Still Sees A Secularism Crisis

Republican People’s Party Still Sees A Secularism Crisis

Nearly all the political parties, except the People’s Republican Party, describe the decision as pleasing for the democratization of Turkey.

Greens Say Keep The Democratic Society Party Open Too

Co-chairperson of the Greens Party Ümit Şahin says they are pleased with the decision to keep the Justice and Development Party (AKP)open, but now the AKP is obligated to democratize the political arena so that no parties are closed anymore

Erdoğan Declares Theirs Is Atatürk’s Road

Erdoğan Declares Theirs Is Atatürk’s Road

Speaking following the decision of the Constitutional Court, President of the Justice and Development Party Recep Tayyip Erdoğan tries to emphasize that they are not anti-secular, but on the contrary, their road is Atatürk’s road.

Nine People In Custody For Güngören Explosions

Nine people are taken into custody in connection with the Güngören explosions. Police is questioning them.

Justice And Development Party Is Not Closed, But Fined

Justice And Development Party Is Not Closed, But Fined

The Constitutional Court did not close the Justice and Development Party (AKP), but cut its share of the Treasury Aid by half. Six members voted for its closing, four members for cutting the Treasury Aid and president of the court Haşim Kılıç voted against closing it.

Second Day In AKP’s Closure Case

The closure case for the Justice and Development Party continues on its second day. The court rejects the demand for recusation regarding its four members.

Constitutional Court Takes Up The AKP Closure Case

The Constitutional Court starts discussing the closure case for the Justice and Development Party. The discussions will continue non-stop.

Two Bombs Explode In Istanbul: 16 Dead, 150 Injured

Two Bombs Explode In Istanbul: 16 Dead, 150 Injured

Two bombs exploded in Güngören in Istanbul with 15 dead and 150 injured. No one has assumed the responsibility for the explosions yet.

28 July 2008 Bawer Çakır

Kurdish Workers Party Says They Have Nothing To Do With Güngören Explosions

Kurdish Workers Party Says They Have Nothing To Do With Güngören Explosions

Rejecting the rexplosion reports against them, the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) says they never support such acts against civilians. Non-governmental organizations, political parties and professional chambers protest the attack.

28 July 2008 Erhan Üstündağ

Ultra-nationalist "Ergenekon" Convicts Indicted with High Treason

Ultra-nationalist "Ergenekon" Convicts Indicted with High Treason

Former Gendarme General Veli Küçük is charged with "instigating a coup" while national-socialist Workers Party leader Doğu Perinçek is accused of “encouraging people for an armed uprising”.

The Ergenekon Trial Is on

Istanbul’s 13the Hight Criminal Court accepted the Ergenekon indictment. Thus the case with 47 arrested accused and 86 suspects will be held on October 20.

Turkish Historical Society Gets A New President

President of the Turkish Historical Society (TTK) Prof. Dr. Yusuf Halaçoğlu has been removed from his post. Prof. Dr. Ali Binici may take his place.

More In Custody For Ergenekon Investigation

26 people were taken into custody in connection with the Ergenekon investigation in another round of operations. Prof. Dr. Uçkun Geray and Yusuf Buldu were among them.

Last Stage In Ruling Party's Closure Case Starts On July 28

The Constitutional Court will begin discussing the closure of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) from the perspective of the essence of the case on July 28.

The Turkish Crisis: An Emergent Third Pole?

Such Herculean tasks can only be undertaken by a force that is not the accomplice of any bourgeois government, and that has no tolerance for oppression either by the political Islamists or by the ultra-nationalists. This task can only be assumed by those political forces that fight for a Social Republic.

20 July 2008 Ertuğrul Kürkçü

Constitutional Court Receives The Report For The Closure Of The Justice And Development Party

Rapporteur Osman Can submitted his report for the closure case of the Justice and Development Party (AKP). President of the Court Haşim Kılıç told the reporters to leave the court alone to do its job.

Military Prosecutor Denies Launching Investigation About The “Coup Diaries”

Military Prosecutor Denies Launching Investigation About The “Coup Diaries”

The office of the Military Prosecutor denied the claim in the news two days ago that it had launched its own investigation about the Ergenekon operation.

Businessman Implicated in The "Ergenekon Coup" Case Released

Sinan Aygün, who was in prison in connection with the Ergenekon investigation, has been released. He said “the words such as coup and coup making have no place in his dictionary.