Sunday, November 29, 2015

Turkey: 3 senior commanders detained over stopping of MİT trucks, reports say

Two generals and a retired colonel were detained for their alleged role in the January 2014 interception of Syria-bound trucks that the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) said belonged to it.

According to Turkish media reports, Ankara Gendarmerie Regional Commander Maj. Gen. İbrahim Aydın and former Adana Gendarmerie Regional Commander Brig. Gen. Hamza Celepoğlu and former Gendarmerie Criminal Laboratory head, retired Col. Burhanettin Cihangiroğlu, were detained on Saturday.

In January 2014, gendarmes stopped three Syria-bound trucks in the southern provinces of Adana and Hatay, after prosecutors received tip-offs that the vehicles were illegally carrying arms to armed organizations in Syria.

The government quickly dismissed claims at the time that the trucks intercepted and searched by the Turkish military by order of prosecutors in Adana had any weapons. Current Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, who was foreign minister at the time, asserted that the cargo was humanitarian aid destined for embattled Syrian Turkmens on the other side of the border.

Testimonials by gendarmerie intelligence officers involved in the interception confirmed, however, that the shipment's destination was not an area with any Turkmens. The Syrian destination, as disclosed by the drivers, was often a target for reconnaissance by Turkish military personnel who secured the border.

Moreover, the gendarmes said, the area was populated by radical groups.

Justice and Development Party (AK Party) officials called the 2014 investigation of the MİT trucks “treason and espionage” on the part of the prosecutors because the trucks were claimed to be transporting humanitarian aid to Bayır-Bucak Turkmens, and a case was filed against those involved in the investigation.

An indictment, which was approved by the Tarsus High Criminal Court in July, seeks a life sentence for Adana Chief Public Prosecutor Süleyman Bağrıyanık, former Adana Deputy Chief Public Prosecutor Ahmet Karaca and Adana prosecutors Aziz Takçı and Özcan Şişman, as well as Gendarmerie Commander Col. Özkan Çokay, who were involved in the probe.

The Supreme Court of Appeals is hearing the case of the suspects as it is the only body which can try judges and prosecutors in Turkey.
 todayszaman.com

29/11/15
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1 comment:

  1. Tres oficiales de alto rango del Ejército turco han sido acusados de espionaje y terrorismo, señaló el domingo la Fiscalía de Estambul, citada por la agencia Anadolu...

    Los generales Ibrahim Aydin y Hamza Celepoglu y el coronel retirado Burhanettin Cihangiroglu enfrentan las acusaciones de formar y dirigir una organización terrorista armada, así como de espionaje y tentativas de derrocar al Gobierno turco.

    Los tres sospechosos fueron citados el domingo a un tribunal de Estambul en el marco de una investigación sobre la inspección ilegal de camiones que pertenecían a la Organización Nacional de Inteligencia de Turquía (MIT) en 2014.

    La agencia recuerda que en enero del año pasado, varios camiones fueron detenidos por gendarmes locales en las provincias sureñas de Adana y Hatay con motivo de que supuestamente transportaban armamento al norte de Siria, aunque una ley sobre la seguridad nacional prohíbe inspecciones de este tipo........ http://mundo.sputniknews.com/orientemedio/20151130/1054228998/turquia-ejercito-terrorismo-acusados.html#ixzz3sxbni2YF
    30/11/15

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