From: Press Agency Ozgurluk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 16:05:43 +0100
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Subject: "[Ozgurluk.Org]" Turkey: Contra-Guerilla-State-Mafia update
TDN: Political leg of Susurluk Scandal remain untouched
THE UNTOUCHABLES: Former member of Susurluk Parliamentary Commission
Saglar states that the decision of the court says it can not sentence Agar
and Bucak due to their 'Parliamentary immunity.' "The court points out that
political and administrative protection shields should be lifted"
STATE FORMS GANG: Saglar states that the decision is an politicians,
bureaucrats and mafia triangles have formed a gang and state that this was
the main purpose for forming the gang. Saglar claims it is possible to see
the prints of Susurluk in the assassination of Okkan and the two missing
HADEP members
Esra Erduran
Ankara - Turkish Daily News
In the aftermath of the Istanbul State Security Court (DGM) decision to
sentence the suspects of the Susurluk Case Ibrahim Sahin and Korkut Eken
with six years imprisonment; hopes are now raised that the politicians
who were involved in the Susurluk scandal will face trial also.
Former member of Parliamentary Susurluk Commission and the Repu Fikri
Saglar told the Turkish Daily News in a telephone interview that the most
important statement of the court was that they could not sentence
independent Deputy Mehmet Agar and True Path Party (DYP) Deputy Sedat Bucak
due to their Parliamentary immunity.
"That means, if their immunities were lifted, then they would have been
sentenced," Saglar said.
It is argued that the decision of the court only sentenced a part of the
Susurluk scandal participants. There are high expectations that
politicians who are involved in this case will be punished too.
"The court points out that political and administrative protection shields
should be lifted. And those who don't lift these shields or those who hide
under these shields will need justice one day," Saglar stated.
Meanwhile, the Virtue Party (FP) leader Recai Kutan said, on Tuesday, that
a few bureaucrats are sentenced in the Susurluk Case and mystery remains in
the rest of the scandal.
"arts cannot be investigated by the judiciary," Kutan stated.
Bucak, the lawmaker who survived the crash and Bucak who was a former
Interior Minister, were also implicated in the scandal, have parliamentary
immunity and were not tried. Several politicians urge parliament to lift
their immunity.
"Further developments should follow this decision. The immunities of Bucak
and Agar should be lifted. At this point the Prime Minister, Interior
Minister, Justice Minister and lawmakers have the greatest responsibility,"
Saglar stated.
Now, it is Parliamentary's turn to make the next move.
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Deputy Chairman Bulent Yahnici said that
the judicial process is still continuing and all the state organs will
fulfill their responsibility.
Yahnici didn't hint on how he is going to move when Parliament debates the
lifting of the immunities of Bucak and Agar.
It is also argued whether the decision of the court will accept that the
state formed a gang with the intent of crime or not.
Saglar stated that the decision is an official acceptance that politicians,
bureaucrats and mafia triangles have formed a gang with the intent of
committing a crime and states it is the main purpose that urged the forming
of the gang.
Saglar claimed that if we observe the assassination of Diyarbakir Police
Chief Gaffar Okkan and the two missing People's Democracy Party (HADEP)
members Serdar Tanis and Ebubekir Dez, we can see still see the prints of
Susurluk.
"The decision of the court puts an end to the discussion that if state has
formed a gang or not with its decision," Caglar said.
Meanwhile, Defense Minister Sabahattin Cakmakoglu preferred not to make any
comment on the discussion. "I haven't seen the decision, it is not
possible to make any comments without seeing the decision," Cakmakoglu
stated.
DGM on Monday sentenced Sahin and Eken for organizing and running a crime
ring.
Monday's convictions were the first linked to the "Susurluk" scandal, which
emerged from a 1996 traffic accident in which a car carrying Bucak, a
former ultra-rightist militant, wanted by police for multiple murders and
drug trafficking Abdullah Catli, a senior police official Huseyin Kocadag
and a beauty queen crashed into a truck near the town of Susurluk.
The court also sentenced seven police officers, a driver, a convicted
drug-smuggler and two former casino oers to four years in prison for
membership in the criminal gang.
"The decision of the Court is proof that the indictment and the evidence
were correct," Saglar stated.
Gendarmerie intimidating families of the missing
The families of HADEP's Silopi district leaders, missing since Jan.
25, say JITEM members
came and warned them off in the middle of the night; the ban
preventing HADEP Sirnak
provincial organization leaders from entering the town remains in
force
Mert Gozde
Ankara - Turkish Daily News
The families of Peoples Democracy Party (HADEP) Silopi District
Organization chairman Serdar Tanis and district secretary Ebubekir Deniz,
whom eye witnesses confirm were taken to Silopi District Gendarmerie
Headquarters on Jan. 25 and from whom no word has been heard since, called
HADEP headquarters and told them that three men in civilian clothing had
come to their houses in the middle of the night and warned them "t to go
accusing the Gendarmerie". According to HADEP assistant general secretary
Veli Buyuksahin, three men in civilian clothing had gone to the house of
Ebubekir Deniz's family while the Tanis family were there the other night.
The uninvited guests spoke very good Turkish and said they were from
Gendarmerie Intelligence (JITEM). The men questioned the families asking
them why they were blaming the Gendarmerie for their relatives going
missing.
The same people then warned the families off by saying, "Don't go accusing
the Gendarmerie or it won't be good for you." They then left.
Ban on HADEP members entering Sirnak still in force
Meanwhile the ban preventing HADEP Sirnak Provincial Organization staff
from entering the town center and neighboring districts is still in force.
HADEP provincial organization chairman Resul Sadak had gone to Diyarbakir
airport on Feb. 2 to meet HADEP general secretary Mahmut d flown in from
Ankara tinvestigate the missing persons incident. The two men then got as
far as the district of Cizre, where they were turned back by the
Gendarmerie. Sadak and Provincial Board of Directors members Cengiz Balik,
Ahmet Bilgi,o get off. Whenever they don't have the means to get back, a
Gendarmerie vehicle takes them back to Diyarbakir."
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