Erdogan: Let's find out who is behind this scheme
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Oluşturulma Tarihi: Mart 10, 2006 13:19
The one hour Monday meeting between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and General Hilmi Ozkok of the Turkish Armed Forces included a call by Erdogan to find out which forces are behind a scheme to "disturb the stability, trust, and peace" of Turkey. With echoes still resounding through Ankara from a list of allegations against General Buyukanit of the Turkish Land Forces, allegations launched by Van Prosecutor Ferhat Sarikaya, Erdogan reportedly relayed to Ozkok his government's absolute determination to get to the bottom of the "baseless" accusations against Buyukanit.
Further muddying the case is the fact that this week it was revealed that an AKP MP in charge of the Turkish Parliament's Semdinli Commission was in fact the one who sent detailed lists of commission proceedings and testimonies to the Van Prosecutor, who then used these details in his list of allegations.
Speaking later this week at an AKP meeting, Erdogan was quoted as saying "There are those who wish for our (AKP) relation with the military to sour. There are those who wish the atmosphere to become angry between us. But they will not succeed. We will not let them."
Sources close to the government report that Erdogan's urgent meeting with Ozkok was enough to convince the general and thus the military not to come out sharply against the current administration in light of the recent happenings.
Speaking later this week at an AKP meeting, Erdogan was quoted as saying "There are those who wish for our (AKP) relation with the military to sour. There are those who wish the atmosphere to become angry between us. But they will not succeed. We will not let them."
Sources close to the government report that Erdogan's urgent meeting with Ozkok was enough to convince the general and thus the military not to come out sharply against the current administration in light of the recent happenings.