(((Readers of my book TOMORROW NOW will find this brand-new Turkish tale of state-supported antiterror terror gangs to be eerily familiar.)))
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_Çatlı
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=132454
Link: TODAY'S ZAMAN.
"The investigation has found that the gang is linked to a clandestine phenomenon referred to as the "deep state" in Turkey that stages attacks using "behind-the-scene" paramilitary organizations such as Ergenekon to foment public opinion according its own political agenda. Ergenekon is the title of a legend that describes how Turks came into existence.
"This particular gang is suspected of involvement in a number of political attacks on individuals and institutions, including the murder of ethnic Armenian journalist Hrant Dink. At least eight of the suspects are retired from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK).
"The suspects, who include retired military generals, journalists and underground bosses, have not yet been charged and are still under interrogation, but the police found a list of people the gang had planned to assassinate, including pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) deputies Ahmet Türk, Leyla Zana and Sebahat Tuncel; Diyarbakır Mayor Osman Baydemir; Nobel Prize-winning author Pamuk; and journalist Fehmi Koru, who is also a regular columnist for Today's Zaman.
Pamuk was their next target
Charges of denigrating Turkishness had once been brought against Pamuk over remarks he made to a Swiss newspaper about the number of Kurds and Armenians killed in Turkey. Pamuk was apparently the next planned assassination on the gang's list. According to daily Posta, Ret. Maj. Gen. Veli Küçük, who was detained in Tuesday's raid, had contacted through Muhammed Yüce – a former army sergeant – Ret. Col. Fikri Karadağ, requesting he find them a hit man to do the job.
Karadağ is the leader of the ultranationalist Association for the Union of Patriotic Forces (VKGB), (((they probably passed the "PATRIOT Act" – oh wait, wrong NATO country))) whose leaders are already under detainment facing several charges for crimes from theft and felony to blackmail and extortion.
Also, at least two VKGB members were detained in relation to the Ergenekon investigation in Diyarbakır on Wednesday. The hit man they found was identified by the police as Selim A. The Ergenekon crowd found YTL 2 million – the pay promised to Selim A. – and a Glock revolver for the assassination. Selim A. was captured after the police found out about the plan by monitoring phone conversations. In addition to Selim A. and Küçük, Karadağ and Yüce were also detained in Tuesday's operation.
An unresolved murder resolved?
Police have found evidence linking the Ergenekon gang to the assassination of Necip Hablemitoğlu, shot to death in 2002 after concluding that residents of the Bergama region campaigning against gold prospecting in their area were manipulated by Germans protecting their economic interests, in a comprehensive study he conducted on the subject. An İzmir businessman questioned over the Hablemitoğlu murder as a key suspect was later killed by a hand-grenade thrown into his Alsancak office, which was allegedly the work of the gang to keep him silent.
The businessman reportedly threatened the gang, saying he would confess if they failed to pay him the money they promised for the academic's assassination... (((etc etc etc wow etc etc I don't believe it etc etc I am shocked, shocked))).
