Turkish generals to be arrested for anti-government propaganda

PanARMENIAN.Net - An Istanbul court on Monday, August 8, issued arrest warrants for 14 suspects, including seven senior generals, as part of an investigation into allegations that the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) had set up websites to disseminate anti-government propaganda, Today’s Zaman reported.

An indictment in the case was accepted by the Istanbul 13th High Criminal Court late last month and the prosecutor requested an arrest warrant for the 14 suspects implicated in the case immediately after the indictment was accepted by the court.

The court on Monday accepted the request and ordered the arrest of the suspects, which include retired generals Hasan Iğsız, Mehmet Eröz, Mustafa Bakıcı and Hıfzı Çubuklu. Aegean Army Corp Commander Gen. Nusret Taşdeler, who was recently appointed head of the Education and Doctrine Command (EDOK) in Ankara, is also among the suspects. A total of 22 suspects are implicated in the indictment.

The court also decided on a request by the prosecutor of the case, Cihan Kansız, to merge the case with another trial on an alleged coup d'état plot, which its creators dubbed the Action Plan to Fight Reactionaryism. The court ruled to merge the two cases.

The content of the websites indicates that they were used as part of the Action Plan to Fight Reactionaryism allegedly drafted by col. Dursun Çiçek, who is who is currently in prison on coup charges.