24-02-2010, 05:07 AM
More false flag gladio style plans.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnew...-plot.html
Retired military chiefs held over Turkish coup plot
Three of Turkey's most senior former military leaders are being held on suspicion of plotting to provoke a conflict with Greece in an attempt to destabilise the country and pave the way for a coup.
by Damien McElroy
Published: 6:45PM GMT 22 Feb 2010
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Three of Turkey's most senior former military leaders have been accused of plotting a coup Photo: AP
They are accused of planning to provoke the Greek air force into shooting down a fighter jet to persuade the public the government was unable to guarantee national security.
The "Sledgehammer" plot is also said to have involved blowing up mosques and museums in Turkey so they could be blamed on outsiders and undermine the government.
Gen Ergin Saygun, a former deputy chief of the general staff, Gen Ibrahim Firtina, an ex-air force commander and Adml Ozden Ornek, the former head of the navy, were held during raids on their homes. A further 50 officers were arrested on suspicion of involvement in the plan.
The plan, said to have been formulated in 2003, called for Turkish jets to engage in aggressive manoeuvres with Greek counterparts in the sensitive airspace above Aegean Sea.
By provoking the Greeks into opening fire the plotters hoped to "turn the clock back to 1923" – the last year of the Greco-Turkish War. Domestic turmoil would be unleashed by separate bomb attacks on prominent mosques.
Once riots and demonstrations broke out, the military hoped to step in to oust the newly elected AK Party, which was viewed with suspicion because of its Islamic roots.
Among the plans was the seizure of the Fenerbahce football stadium in Istanbul to hold people rounded up in mass arrests. The plotters estimated that 200,000 people in the Istanbul area would pose a threat to public order after martial law was imposed.
The Lira fell one per cent as news of the round of arrests circulated yesterday.
The secularist Turkish army and judicial establishment has been ensnared by the investigation into the Ergenekon coup plot. It is the latest in a series of plots and conspiracies unearthed since the investigation was launched in 2007. Other schemes included the murder of a Roman Catholic priest and a prominent Armenian journalist.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister since 2003, hailed the latest round of arrests.
Turkey's military, which views itself as the founder of the state, has overthrown four governments since 1960 but conditions of European Union membership negotiations has left it little scope to depose elected politicians.
After decades of unquestioned military supremacy, the sight of senior military leaders – who are commonly addressed with the Ottoman-era title of pasha – handcuffed and facing the courts is a stark reversal of fortune. Secret recordings of generals plotting have been leaked and the details of the plot have inspired a minor publishing boom.
The investigation has also implicated senior members of the judiciary which, like the military, has resisted the modernising reforms of the current government.
Prime Minister Erdogan yesterday declared he would use the government's strong parliamentary majority to force through judicial reforms that have been resisted by the conservative bench.
"The judicial system should be objective and independent at the same time," he said. "We are willing to carry out a constitutional reform and we're going to bring the issue to the parliament with or without support from the opposition."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnew...-plot.html
Retired military chiefs held over Turkish coup plot
Three of Turkey's most senior former military leaders are being held on suspicion of plotting to provoke a conflict with Greece in an attempt to destabilise the country and pave the way for a coup.
by Damien McElroy
Published: 6:45PM GMT 22 Feb 2010
Three of Turkey's most senior former military leaders have been accused of plotting a coup Photo: AP They are accused of planning to provoke the Greek air force into shooting down a fighter jet to persuade the public the government was unable to guarantee national security.
The "Sledgehammer" plot is also said to have involved blowing up mosques and museums in Turkey so they could be blamed on outsiders and undermine the government.
Gen Ergin Saygun, a former deputy chief of the general staff, Gen Ibrahim Firtina, an ex-air force commander and Adml Ozden Ornek, the former head of the navy, were held during raids on their homes. A further 50 officers were arrested on suspicion of involvement in the plan.
The plan, said to have been formulated in 2003, called for Turkish jets to engage in aggressive manoeuvres with Greek counterparts in the sensitive airspace above Aegean Sea.
By provoking the Greeks into opening fire the plotters hoped to "turn the clock back to 1923" – the last year of the Greco-Turkish War. Domestic turmoil would be unleashed by separate bomb attacks on prominent mosques.
Once riots and demonstrations broke out, the military hoped to step in to oust the newly elected AK Party, which was viewed with suspicion because of its Islamic roots.
Among the plans was the seizure of the Fenerbahce football stadium in Istanbul to hold people rounded up in mass arrests. The plotters estimated that 200,000 people in the Istanbul area would pose a threat to public order after martial law was imposed.
The Lira fell one per cent as news of the round of arrests circulated yesterday.
The secularist Turkish army and judicial establishment has been ensnared by the investigation into the Ergenekon coup plot. It is the latest in a series of plots and conspiracies unearthed since the investigation was launched in 2007. Other schemes included the murder of a Roman Catholic priest and a prominent Armenian journalist.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister since 2003, hailed the latest round of arrests.
Turkey's military, which views itself as the founder of the state, has overthrown four governments since 1960 but conditions of European Union membership negotiations has left it little scope to depose elected politicians.
After decades of unquestioned military supremacy, the sight of senior military leaders – who are commonly addressed with the Ottoman-era title of pasha – handcuffed and facing the courts is a stark reversal of fortune. Secret recordings of generals plotting have been leaked and the details of the plot have inspired a minor publishing boom.
The investigation has also implicated senior members of the judiciary which, like the military, has resisted the modernising reforms of the current government.
Prime Minister Erdogan yesterday declared he would use the government's strong parliamentary majority to force through judicial reforms that have been resisted by the conservative bench.
"The judicial system should be objective and independent at the same time," he said. "We are willing to carry out a constitutional reform and we're going to bring the issue to the parliament with or without support from the opposition."
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