Το αίτημα για τη διεξαγωγή νέας δίκης κατατέθηκε, όπως αποκαλύπτει το τηλεοπτικό κανάλι NTV, στις 27 Δεκεμβρίου στο γραφείο του εισαγγελέα της Άγκυρας.
Για την υπόθεση "Εργκένεκον" τον περασμένο Αύγουστο είχαν καταδικαστεί σε βαριές ποινές φυλάκισης και κάθειρξης 275 κατηγορούμενοι, μεταξύ των οποίων πολλοί αξιωματικοί, εκλεγμένοι και δημοσιογράφοι, οι οποίοι ήταν ύποπτοι ότι αποπειράθηκαν να ανατρέψουν την κυβέρνηση Ερντογάν.
Ανάμεσά τους ξεχωρίζει ο πρώην αρχηγός του γενικού επιτελείου των τουρκικών ενόπλων δυνάμεων Ιλκέρ Μπασμπούγ, ο οποίος καταδικάστηκε σε ισόβια κάθειρξη έπειτα από μια δίκη την οποία η αντιπολίτευση χαρακτήρισε ως ένα «κυνήγι μαγισσών».
Τον Αύγουστο του 2012 περισσότεροι από 300 στρατιωτικοί, μεταξύ των οποίων και στρατηγοί, καταδικάστηκαν σε ποινές κάθειρξης 13 ως 20 ετών για μια άλλη φερόμενη απόπειρα συνωμοσίας, το 2003 στην υπόθεση γνωστή και ως «Βαριοπούλα».
Η κίνηση αυτή έρχεται λίγες ημέρες μετά τις δηλώσεις του γηραιού βουλευτή του κόμματος του Ερντογάν (ΑΚΡ), Μουσταφά Ελιτάς, στην εφημερίδα Χουριέτ στις οποίες αποκάλυπτε ότι η κυβέρνηση εξετάζει το ενδεχόμενο αλλαγής των νόμων που εμποδίζουν την επανεκδίκαση των υποθέσεων εκατοντάδων αξιωματικών του στρατού που καταδικάστηκαν για εμπλοκή σε σενάριο ανατροπή του Ερντογάν στις υποθέσεις Εργκένεγκον και Βαριοπούλα.
http://www.protothema.gr/world/article/341436/tourkia-prosfugi-tou-stratou-kata-ton-apofaseon-gia-ergenegon-kai-variopoula/
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- Turkish army demands retrial in coup plot cases
Ankara — Turkey's military has demanded a retrial for army officers convicted of plotting to topple the government, claiming the evidence was fabricated, media reports said Thursday.
The armed forces lodged a complaint with the Ankara chief prosecutor's office on December 27 about the evidence given in two separate cases, the private NTV television reported.
The move comes amid a growing political crisis sparked by a corruption probe that the government claims is a plot being waged against it by an organisation with close links to the police and judiciary.
In 2013, former army chief General Ilker Basbug was jailed for life and scores of army officers, journalists and lawyers were imprisoned for their role in the so-called "Ergenekon" conspiracy, an alleged plot to overthrow the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
In 2012, more than 300 active and retired military officers were sentenced to prison terms of up to 20 years in a trial that ruled that an army exercise in 2003, codenamed "Sledgehammer", was an undercover coup plot against Erdogan's Islamic-leaning Justice and Development Party (AKP).
The military, which sees itself as the guarantor of Turkey's secular principles, has carried out three coups -- in 1960, 1971 and 1980 -- and forced out an Islamist government in 1997.
But since coming to power in 2002, Erdogan's government has reined in the once-powerful military with a number of court cases.
In its official complaint, the army said the evidence used in the trials against it had been fabricated and manipulated.
Police, prosecutors and judges handling the two cases ignored charges by defence lawyers that the evidence was fake, according to press reports.
However, the saga over the military trials has taken a new twist in the escalating feud between Erdogan's government and the movement headed by US-exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen.
Erdogan's top political advisor Yalcin Akdogan suggested last month that those who took action against the army were also those orchestrating the high-level corruption investigation against key government allies.
"Those who plotted against their country's national army, intelligence, bank and the civilian government which won the heart of the nation know very well that they are not working for the good of this country," Akdogan said in a column in the pro-government Star newspaper.
He was apparently referring to Gulen's followers, who hold key positions within the police and the judiciary.
Some media reports said the army had pushed its demand for retrial at a National Security Council meeting on December 27 which brought together the country's military and political leaders.
Erdogan's government has accused the Gulen movement of acting as a "state within state" by instigating the corruption probe.
Gulen, who left Turkey for the United States in 1999 after being accused of plotting to form an Islamic, has denied being involved in the investigation.
The Turkish military said last week it would not interfere in the current political turmoil, which has sent the national currency and stocks tumbling.
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Turkish military seeks review of coup plot convictions...
ReplyDelete(Reuters) - Turkey's military said on Thursday it had filed a criminal complaint over court cases involving members of the armed forces, a move which could pave the way for the retrial of hundreds of officers convicted on coup plot charges.
Turkey's appeals court in October upheld the convictions of top retired officers for leading a plot to overthrow Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's government a decade ago, a case which underlined civilian dominance over a once all-powerful army.
The complaint comes as Erdogan's government is weakened by a wide-ranging corruption investigation which has led to the resignation of three members of his cabinet and highlighted concern about the independence of the judiciary.
The Hurriyet newspaper said the military's complaint argued that evidence in the cases against serving and retired officers had been fabricated. A spokesman for the military's General Staff confirmed that an official complaint had been sent to the Ankara prosecutor's office but gave no further details.................http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/02/us-turkey-corruption-military-idUSBREA010T620140102?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
2/1/13
Turkish army files complaint to court over coup cases ...
ReplyDeleteTurkey's General of Staff has told the Public Prosecutor's Office in the capital Ankara to restart the Ergenekon and Sledgehammer cases against members of the Turkish Armed Forces.
Ergenekon, often referred to as the hidden 'deep state' of Turkey, became the target of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government shortly after he came to power. The case saw the arrest, trial and sentencing of a number of current and former members of the Turkish armed forces, officials and journalists.
Likewise, the Sledgehammer case refers to an attempt to remove Erdogan via military coup, and also saw the sentencing of a number of high profile individuals.
http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=126137
2/1/14
Turquie: l'armée porte plainte contre des magistrats islamistes...
ReplyDeleteD'après la presse turque, l'état-major de l'armée a déposé une plainte contre les condamnations qui ont envoyé des centaines de militaires en prison en 2008 et 2012. Les magistrats mis en cause seraient proches de la confrérie Gülen, opposée au gouvernement......http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/monde/turquie-l-armee-porte-plainte-contre-des-magistrats-islamistes_1311293.html#2wblj9UsvIoj2HkY.99
Turkey rules out amnesty for jailed military officers...
ReplyDeleteANKARA: Turkey's deputy prime minister said on Friday there were no plans to grant pardons for jailed army officers convicted of plotting to topple Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government.
The remarks by Bulent Arinc came a day after it was revealed that Turkey's military had demanded a retrial for convicted officers, accusing the police and the judiciary of fabricating evidence in two separate cases.
"Nobody should have expectations for a general amnesty," Arinc told reporters. "We have no such plans".
He said however that the right to fair trial should not be violated.
In 2012 and in 2013, hundreds of military officers including former army chief General Ilker Basbug were convicted and given long jail terms for plotting to overthrow the government.
The military, which considers itself the guardian of the republic's secular principles, has waged three coups since 1960 and forced out an Islamist government in 1997.
But Erdogan has clipped the wings of the once-powerful military with a number of court cases since it came to power in 2002.
The army's latest move comes amid a political crisis sparked by a high-level corruption investigation that has exposed a power struggle between Erdogan and loyalists of influential US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen who wield influence in the police and the judiciary.
Erdogan's top political advisor Yalcin Akdogan suggested last month that those who took action against the army were also those orchestrating the corruption investigation against key government allies.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Jan-03/242999-turkey-rules-out-amnesty-for-jailed-military-officers.ashx#ixzz2pKpxZUM4
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