Who is Wiretapping the CHP?
The wiretapping of the Republican People's Party (CHP) headquarters is a very grave situation despite the ruthlessness, rashness and inconsiderateness of CHP leader Deniz Baykal's statement about it.
The duty of taking the very first action is incumbent on the government and the judiciary.
It is a clear that the CHP doesn't pursue the illegal activities in the state surrounding Ergenekon-type criminal formations. It is also clear that Mr. Baykal sends his salutations to Ergenekon suspects from under Parliament's roof and supports them, that he disregards the Semdinli case. It is obvious that he is not concerned with the fact that the Hrant Dink murder had been known beforehand, with the connection between the hand grenades thrown at the Cumhuriyet newspaper and the Council of State murder, with the coup attempts named Ayisigi and Sarikiz or with anything illegal and any contraventions of law committed against the state.
So be it. Let the CHP play the democrat only in regard to what concerns itself. However, now the real democrats — those real democrats who are not democratic only toward themselves — should stand up to this inhuman practice and should insist that the perpetrators be exposed and brought to justice. The rule of law is a necessity for everybody. One of the obstacles hampering our democratization process is infringements upon people's private lives. Perpetrating the worst type of backbiting by prying into people's mistakes, faults, and embarrassing imperfections and then revealing them to millions of people through the media can never be condoned or tolerated. Nobody can say, "Oh, they asked for it!" Yes, it is also true that the CHP is trying to pursue political interests in this situation. Accusing "the deep state in the AK Party" and turning a blind eye to the real deep state is enough to show the aim of the CHP is "eating grapes while beating the tar out of the winegrower."
Actually, who was the CHP wiretapped by?
One of the most striking answers to this question has been given by Professor Mahir Kaynak, a former intelligence chief of the National Intelligence Organization (MIT): "This is a plot devised against the AK Party. Let's presume they did wiretap the CHP; they would have hidden that. They would never say, 'O people, know that we have been wiretapping the CHP!' This is nonsensical. Operations are being carried out in the country. The real problem is that the society and the elites buy into such stuff."
There is another aspect of the matter. Some people who always await such opportunities just jump at them and start asking questions such as, "Have the police formed a special wiretapping unit? And are the members of this unit affiliated with a certain religious congregation?" in their publications to send a message to certain segments of society, confuse people and establish targets. Particularly while the glorious wind of the Turkish Language Olympics is moving, exciting and encouraging the entire nation, they are trying to cast a blight on the people of the heart committed to the cause of serving humanity.
They perpetrate this same thing remorselessly and heinously every time an important incident hits the headlines across the country. The Semdinli prosecutor writes an indictment, and here they are, saying, "This prosecutor grew up in the 'enlightenment houses' of the Gülen movement." Certain Web sites carry out the most despicable denigration campaigns against the top-ranking officer of our armed forces and some newspapers, in a most contemptible and dishonorable manner, run news articles claiming, "These sites are controlled by such and such congregation." Today, we all know from the chief of general staff's statements who these despicable denigration campaigns are operated by. The security forces have been risking their lives, tirelessly carrying out operations against the Ergenekon criminal network, and the same newspapers label them as "the units of the congregation within the police."
And now there is this wiretapping incident. The same newspapers and TV stations have started spreading misinformation again by making publications or broadcasts that begin with, "The congregation members in the police." The slanders in these media organs have been refuted by courts thousands of times over. The slanderers have been fined and sentenced. If those who make these claims are honest people and really support the supremacy of the truth, why are they not questioning the fact that the necessary legal steps are not being taken? This is my first question. Right, this country has many other intelligence agencies in addition to the intelligence bureau of the police department; it has MİT, JİTEM and there is also military intelligence. Why on earth is the state not taking any legal action against these accusations against innocent people? This is my second question.
Casting a shadow on innocent people is as immoral and merciless an act as the immoral and illegal act of wiretapping. Extrajudicial execution is a nauseating media practice.
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