Army Plot Not Accepted nor Refuted by General Staff
The Military Prosecutor's Office of the General Staff did not accept or refute the existence of a recently revealed plan allegedly put together by a colonel on active duty that aimed to defame the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and the highly respected Gülen movement.
“Having assessed all of the initial evidence acquired so far, we have reached the conclusion that the alleged action plan was not prepared by any department of the General Staff,” announced the prosecutor's office.
The statement came yesterday in the wake of an investigation initiated into a plan published by the Taraf daily last Friday. The plan, bearing the “Action Plan to Fight Reactionaryism,” was seized by the security forces in the house of lawyer Serdar Öztürk, who was arrested during the investigation into Ergenekon, a clandestine organization charged with plotting to overthrow the government
According to the plan, the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) had a systematic plan to damage the image of the AK Party government and the Gülen movement, which is inspired by internationally respected Turkish scholar Fethullah Gülen, in the eyes of the public; to play down the Ergenekon investigation; and to gather support for members of the military arrested as part of the inquest.
“The alleged document was requested from the Taraf daily and so the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has to carry out a criminal examination of it. The document, however, has not reached our office yet. It will be made certain whether the document is genuine or a fake one,” read the statement of the military prosecutor's office.
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