- "Dani Rodrik is an interesting guy who has ties with both Harvard University and Ergenekon Terrorist Organization. The latter is of course indirect, becayse his father-in-law worked for this underground, clandestine organization. He staunchly believes and defends that his father-in-law is innocent. In the past months, I published a few columns by the Armenian columnist Etyen Mahcupyan, who criticized Rodrik in many sound ways. This time, a letter provides a very nice answer for the guy.”
Tuesday
Monday
Ergenekon Suspects Get the Deserved Sentences
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| Ergenekon suspects got lengthy sentences. |
Ilker Basbug, former chief of general staff, was sentenced to life along with almost 300 defendants who were sentenced to various terms ranging from life to a few years. The suspects were accused of plotting to overthrow the government.
The court sentenced former military chief Gen. İlker Başbuğ, journalist Tuncay Özkan, retired Col. Dursun Çiçek, lawyer Kemal Kerinçsiz, Workers' Party (IP) leader Doğu Perinçek, retired Col. Fuat Selvi, Hasan Ataman Yıldırım, retired generals Hurşit Tolon, Nusret Taşdeler, Hasan Iğsız and Şener Eruygur to aggravated life imprisonment. Retired Brig. Gen. Veli Küçük, Capt. Muzaffer Tekin and Council of State shooter Alparslan Arslan got consecutive life sentences in the trial. The court also acquitted a total of 21 of the 275 defendants.
The court also used the term "Ergenekon Terrorist Organization" officially.
Why Does an American Love Ultra-Nationalist Turks?
This mind-boggling question is keeping me busy for some time, because I am unable to come up with a satisfactory answer to this question. Isn't it odd that an American "seems" to love an ultra-nationalist Turk who hates Christians and Jews in his country?
Let me put it this way: The ultra-nationalist faction in Turkey is known for its sympathy for the Ergenekon Terrorist Organization (ETO). The favorite newspapers of this faction are Yenicag and Cumhuriyet, the only newspapers who did not put the Ergenekon arrests on their headline when the first wave of Ergenekon arrests took place. These two newspapers do not hide their support for ETO. They also have an influential website in ODA TV.
On top of that, Cumhuriyet newspaper was bombed a few years ago. The serial numbers of these bombs were from the same sequence as the ones that were found during Ergenekon investigation. So, it was clear that Ergenekon guys dropped the bombs in the front yard of their favorite newspaper so that they could easily put the blame on someone else.
This might come strange to you, but a question needs to be asked here: Why didn't Cumhuriyet pursue any investigation on the bombings in its own yard? Isn't it strange?
The most distinctive feature of this faction is their unending hate towards the non-Muslim minorities and Kurds. Four years ago, an ultra-nationalist member of this Ergenekon faction, Ogun Samast, killed Hrant Dink, an Armenian journalist. Those guys also killed a priest in Malatya.
When we turn our heads to America, we see that the extension of Ergenekon is represented by those hated Americans. Since Ergenekon hates Fethullah Gulen in Turkey, the guys in ETO organization try to find someone who can attack Gulen in America so that the American government deport Gulen to Turkey. It seems they find their helpers among Armenians and some other Americans whom they hate. Those people fabricate Gulen Charter Schools fallacy.
Some time ago, one of the extensions of Ergenekon was exposed. It turned out that she was an Armenian, (named Vanessa Kachadurian), running quite a few blogs to attack Gulen and other people and organizations that she thinks related to Fethullah Gulen. So, actually, when this lady attacks some education institutes, her main target was nobody but Fethullah Gulen.
That Armenian lady and her comrades were actually serving to the interests of Ergenekon Terrorist Organization.
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