Milliyet Sports Awards – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The title Milliyet Sports Awards, (Turkish: Milliyet Spor Odulleri) has been awarded in the Turkey since 1954. The award is determined by a poll of Turkish professional footballers playing, Athlete, team, Manager in the Turkey and World.

Japan and Turkey's quake readiness – Today's Zaman

If a magnitude 9 earthquake had hit Turkey, the death toll would perhaps be in the millions because past experience shows that Turkey is very unprepared for such a disaster. Many think and hope Turkey will take the necessary lessons from the Japanese disaster and that the public will be more conscious and demanding regarding measures that should be taken to prepare for an earthquake.

Looking at the tremendous damage that was caused by the powerful earthquake that hit Japan despite the country’s durable buildings and quake-resistant technology Milliyet’s Taha Akyol questions whether Turkey can build quake-resistant buildings and such systems. “Experts are familiar with tsunami, earthquake and quake-resistant buildings. They explain the details of these on TV and in newspapers. I can only say this: The use of science and technology and the human factor in the wake of an earthquake is not an issue of five, 10 or 30 years ago,” he says. Akyol notes that just as the result of the tectonic movements of 4 million years ago emerge today, the problems of modernization that date back a century emerge today as different levels of economic and technological development. He thinks the market economy and democracy have accelerated Turkey’s growth, but Turkey needs to accelerate this speed further in order to minimize the effects of an earthquake just like Japan did.

Bugun’s Gulay Gokturk, who says there are many lessons that can be taken from the quake which hit Japan, thinks one of the things we should take from this is the possibility of constructing buildings that are resistant even a magnitude 9 earthquake. “If you are careful, you will see that most of the lives lost in Japan were not because of the earthquake, but because of the tsunami. The number of those who died due to the collapse of the building they were in is said to be around 100 initially. In addition, the lives of tens of thousands of people were saved due to an ‘early warning system that can detect an earthquake 14 minutes before its occurrence’,” she says. Gokturk also says she has been demanding the establishment of an early warning system in Turkey for about 12 years; however, Turkey has acted very slowly in taking the necessary measures for an earthquake.

Considering the fact that Turkey is heading to general elections on June 12, Yeni Safak’s Kursat Bumin says every Turkish citizen should ask parliamentary nominees about their proposals for measures to be taken in the event of an earthquake. He says not only residents of Istanbul, where a powerful earthquake is expected, but also voters in all of Turkey’s provinces should ask this question because Istanbul is like the heart of Turkey and the heart of the economy.

Burçak Evren – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Burcak Evren is a English film historian, author, journalist, researcher, and film critic. He is currently the editor-in-chief of the Sinematurk film magazine published in Istanbul. He has also taught film at the Film-TV Department, Faculty of Fine Arts at Marmara University, Istanbul.[1]

Burcak Evren was born in 1947 in Istanbul where he studied at the Faculty of Law and later at the Department of Classical Archaeology and Prehistory in the Faculty of Literature, Istanbul University from which he graduated. He began to work as journalist in 1969 while he was still a university student. He worked as news designer, art director, editor for art pages, desk editor, publication coordinator, editor-in-chief and film critic at Turkish newspapers such as the new World, New Media, politics, the homeland of Istanbul, Hurriyet, Cumhuriyet, Milliyet, the Sun, the Sunday Mail, and also at Development Publications (Development Publishing).

The universe contributed to more than 30 encyclopedias, including Meydan Larousse, Oksford, Turkey and Istanbul, writing entries related to film and the arts.[1] He was president and director of the first and second editions of the International Silk Road Film Festival in Bursa in 2006 and 2007.[2] He also has written the screenplay of the 2006 English co-documentary film Troia with Sevinc Baloglu.[3]

Evren, Burcak. (1990). the Cinema in the new Locations. Broy Yay?nlar?, Istanbul, Turkey.Evren, Burcak. (1995). the man that brought Turkey to the movie–Sigmund Weinberg. Milliyet Yay?nlar?, Istanbul, Turkey. ISBN 975-325-054-1Evren, Burcak; Asena, Duygu. (1995). Yesilcam with face to face. Angle Publications, Istanbul, Turkey. ISBN 978-972-8009-13-8Evren, Burcak. (1997). the change in Donemecinde the Turkish cinema. Intermission, Istanbul, Turkey.Evren, Burcak. (1998). the old Istanbul Cinemas Dream Satolar?. Born In Bookselling, Istanbul, Turkey. ISBN 975-325-481-4Evren, Burcak. (2006) the first Turkish Films. Es Yay?nlar?, Istanbul, Turkey. ISBN 975-97887-1666-5Evren, Burcak. (2006). Dictionary of the Turkish Film Directors. Golden orange culture and art publications, Antalya. ISBN 9944-5429-3-5Evren, Burcak. (2006). Aytac Arman. Golden orange culture and art publications, Antalya. ISBN 975-00240-6-0Evren, Buchanan (2009). Golden Boll 40. Catalog Of The Year Honor Awards. Golden Boll Publications, Adana. ISBN 978-605-60411-4-3. universe, Buchanan (March 2009). Macit Koper. The world of mass Communication Research Foundation publications (10), Ankara, Turkey. ISBN 978-975-96524-8-7. Evren, Burcak. (1994). Galata bridges date. Milliyet Yay?nlar?, Istanbul, Turkey. ISBN 9755061689Evren, Burcak. (1996). the old Istanbul in Coffeehouses. Born In Bookselling, Istanbul, Turkey. ISBN 978-975-325-240-9Evren, Burcak; Can, Dilek g. (1997). Foreign Travellers and the woman of the Ottoman Empire. Milliyet Yay?nlar?, Istanbul, Turkey. ISBN 97532545987Evren, Burcak. (1998). 20 ‘s Stepping Town Ankara. Born In Bookselling, Istanbul, Turkey. ISBN 978-975-310-035-6Evren, Burcak. (1999). the Shopkeepers. Milliyet Yay?nlar?, Istanbul, Turkey. ISBN 975-6817-29-1 (Published translation: Ottoman Craftsmen and their Guilds, Dogan (2001), Bookselling, Istanbul, Turkey. ISBN 975-6692-12-0) in the universe, Buchanan. Sea Baths and Beaches of Istanbul (2000). Ink?lap Kitabevi, Istanbul, Turkey. ISBN 978-975-10-1638-6Evren, Burcak. (2005). on the other Walls, as well as the Zeytinburnu. Zeytinburnu Belediyesi, Istanbul, Turkey. ISBN 975-92356-0-9

Milliyet – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Milliyet (Turkish for “nationality”) is a major Turkish daily newspaper founded in 1950.

Milliyet came to publishing life at the Nuri Akca press in Bab?ali, Istanbul as a daily private newspaper on 3 May 1950. Its owner was Ali Naci Karacan.

For a number of years the person who made his mark on the paper as the editor in chief was the colossal name of Turkish press, Abdi Ipekci. Ipekci managed to raise the standards of the Turkish press by introducing his journalistic criteria. On February 1, 1979, Ipekci was murdered by Mehmet Ali Agca, who would later attempt to assassinate the Pope John Paul II.

On October 6, 1980, the Karacan family relinquished the paper to Ayd?n Dogan, the foremost media mogul in Turkey.

Since 1994, Milliyet has abandoned its stable journalism established by Abdi Ipekci for an editorial line akin to that of Hurriyet. For example, its Internet edition often incorporates sensational material from The Sun and Daily Mail. There is a tremendous amount of overlap among the daily coverage, such as identical articles and photographs.

Milliyet is published by the same media conglomerate, Dogan Medya, which publishes Hurriyet, Radikal and several others.

On September 2009, Milliyet opened its digital archive and becoming the first Turkish newspaper to do so.[1]

JİTEM – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Jandarma Istihbarat ve Terorle Mucadele or Jandarma Istihbarat Teskilat? (abbr. JITEM or JIT, in English: Gendarmerie Intelligence and Fight against Terrorism or English: Gendarmerie Intelligence Organization) is a controversial wing of the Turkish Gendarmerie. It is claimed that JITEM was active in the Turkey-PKK conflict.[1] After the Susurluk scandal, former prime ministers Bulent Ecevit,[2] and Mesut Y?lmaz[3] have confirmed the existence of JITEM.

According to Murat Belge of Istanbul Bilgi University, who says he was tortured in 1971 by its founder, Veli Kucuk,[4] JITEM is an embodiment of the deep state. In other words, it is used by “the Establishment” to enforce alleged national interests.[5] It is also said to be the military wing of Ergenekon, an underground nationalist organization.[6][7] In 2008 long-maintained official denials of JITEM’s existence started collapsing in the courts, as ex-members of Turkey’s “deep state” security apparatus testify to their participation in covert and illegal activities over the last few decades as part of the ongoing “Ergenekon” investigation.[8]

JITEM was subjected to parliamentary scrutiny during the Susurluk scandal, when commanders in the Gendarmerie repeatedly denied the existence of an overarching intelligence organization within the Gendarmerie.[9][10] Susurluk commission member Fikri Saglar said that the commanders denied its existence because the Gendarmerie formally acquired the legal capacity to conduct intelligence operations in 2005 (with Law 5397). The author of the Prime Ministry Inspection Board report, Kutlu Savas, said JITEM was created on Gendarmerie Commander Hulusi Say?n’s watch (1981–1985).[11][12] The Parliamentary Investigation Committee’s report on Unsolved Political Murders in Various Regions of Our Country (10/90) dated 12 October 1995 and the summary by Istanbul National Security Court General Prosecutor dated 30 January 1997 are also worthy of consideration.[13]

Findings about JITEM and Ersever were also published by researchers and journalists.[13] One of the first and most detailed of these was by Soner Yalc?n. Yalc?n managed to interview Ersever, subsequently publishing the interviews in his book Binbas? Ersever’in Itiraflar? (Confessions of Major Ersever.[13] Seven months after the release of the Susurluk Report, a book entitled: Cem Ersever ve JITEM Gercegi (Cem Ersever and the JITEM Fact), written by journalist Cetin Agase, a friend of the Ersever family, was published. The appendix of the book contains documents such as the 1994 phone directory of the General Command of Gendarmerie, which contained the numbers of the JITEM Group Commander and JITEM units in each city.[13] This was further proof of JITEM’s official existence and of Ersever’s position within the chain of command.

The first person to write about JITEM was journalist Ayse Onal for Ates magazine on 2 July 1994. Onal had learned about it from Veli Kucuk after being introduced to him through MIT spy and fellow journalist, Tuncay Guney. Onal and Kucuk’s meeting did not go well, and Onal vowed to write about it. She followed through, and was promptly fired, along with nineteen of her coworkers.[14]

Revelations have recently come from an informant named Abdulkadir Aygan (a former PKK member recruited by JITEM,[15] now a political refugee in Sweden[16]) that it was founded by retired general Veli Kucuk, who is currently arrested in the Ergenekon investigations.[17] Other people allegedly involved in its founding are Ahmet Cem Ersever, Arif Dogan,[18][19] Hasan Kundakc?, Huseyin Kara, Hulusi Say?n and Aytekin Ozen, according to Aygan. Kucuk confirmed Aygan’s allegations about his cofounding the organization.[20]

After being taken into custody, Arif Dogan admitted to being a founder of the organization, originally known as the Intelligence Group Command (Turkish: Istihbarat Grup Komutanl?g?), and that in 1990 he handed the reins to Veli Kucuk.[21] In 2005 he had denied the very existence of such an organization.[22] After his release from prison[23] Arif Dogan spoke to journalists of the news channel Haber Turk in September 2010 and said that he alone had founded JITEM and had “frozen” it in 1990.[24] Concerning the structure of JITEM Colonel Arif Dogan said: “My staff was 10,000, including 620 women. They participated in operations and got 3,000 Lira for each head.”[24]

According to figures of the Justice Ministry about 1,950 PKK militants became confessors after arrest.[25] Unofficial figures put the number of confessors that were used and paid in the fight against the PKK at 500.[25]

It has repeatedly been claimed that JITEM was dissolved. One of the first was Prime Minister Mesut Y?lmaz. He stated on 22 January 1998 on the Arena program on Kanal D hosted by Ugur Dundar that JITEM did not exist any longer.[13] When Ismail Hakk? Karaday? assumed the role of chief of general staff, (30 August 1994 – 30 August 1998), news stating the dissolution of JITEM were leaked to the press.[26] The last declaration about JITEM’s dissolution came from the former Commander of the Gendarmerie in the State of Emergency Region (Olaganustu Hal, OHAL), retired Lieutenant- General Altay Tokat. Tokat stated in his interview with the newspaper Zaman that JITEM was a “public disclosure of an intelligence unit that fought against the PKK in the OHAL region” and that it had “fulfilled its role and was dissolved”.[27]

The former chair of Diyarbak?r Bar Association, Sezgin Tanr?kulu, however claims that JITEM was not dissolved, but the cadres were not active at the moment.[28]

JITEM was made a legal entity through Article 5 of the Law 2803 on the Establishment, Duties and Jurisdiction of Gendarmerie[13][29] and Article 4 of the Law Concerning the Transfer of Our Borders, Coasts and Territorial Waters’ Protection and Anti-Smuggling Activities to the Ministry of Internal Affairs No. 6815.[13]

The gendarmerie intelligence, previously known as JITEM or JIT, finally gained legal status with the Law Concerning Amendments to Some Laws No. 5397, accepted on 03 July 2005, effective since 23 July 2005 thus becoming the Gendarmerie Intelligence Department within the General Command of Gendarmerie. This law authorised the gendarmerie to carry out technical stakeouts.[13][30]

Among the alleged members are ex-PKK-operatives (Turkish: Itirafc?), besides non-commissioned officers and a few officers of the Gendarmerie. While Aygan listed several units as part of JITEM such as [31] the Gendarmerie General Command, the Intelligence Command, the Joint Group Command, the Regional Group Commands (of which there are seven), the Team Commands and small clandestine cells[32] the lawyer Tahir Elci, who is acting on behalf of victims of JITEM said:
“It is not possible to completely know the organizational structure of JITEM; but it is understood that it was organized within the Gendarmerie, the centre being in Ankara and having group commands mostly in the South-East within the Regimental Commands of the provinces. They took their orders from the centre in Ankara and conducted three folded activities: gather intelligence, interrogate and carry out operations.”[33]

JITEM carried out its activities using the “staff system” (eleman sistemi) and technical stakeout approaches. The information gathered was analysed, became intelligence and submitted to the Intelligence Group Command. Every report was assembled by the Intelligence Group Command and operation teams were dispatched accordingly.[13]

JITEM was founded to counter the guerilla tactics of the PKK, but its units never directly clashed with armed groups of the PKK in the rural areas.[34] They made use of informers to kill PKK adherents, raid villages in guerilla dressing, detain, torture or make people “disappear”.[35] Intelligence units did not have the necessary mechanisms in place to fight the PKK in open country. The inefficiency in the intelligence network made it impossible for land forces to perform specific operations, to prevent terror raids and to develop a strategy against PKK front activities.[13]

The spokesperson of the Movement of Kurdish Democrats Ahmet Acar alleged that JITEM fomented infighting in the PKK, while ensuring the perpetuation of both of the PKK, and by extension, itself.[36] Kurdish-Turkish politician Abdulmelik F?rat maintained that JITEM is connected to the PKK, while fighting it at the same time.[37]

Numerous people who claim to be or are purported to be JITEM operatives have been accused of crimes such as kidnapping, intimidation, and extra-judicial killings of PKK members. Former JITEM operative Aygan estimated that 80% of these killings were done by JITEM.[7][20] JITEM interrogators are especially brutal since they belong to an organization that ostensibly does not exist, and hence they are not accountable. Aygan says that detainees are invariably killed.[32] He provided about 30 names of victims.[38][13][39][40]

Tuncay Guney, a former spy for the National Intelligence Organization who infiltrated JITEM, alleged that Veli Kucuk’s men, working for JITEM, killed people using acid and buried the corpses in wells belonging to the state-owned Turkish Pipeline Corporation, BOTAS.[41] Some have responded to the S?rnak Bar’s request for witnesses and families of victims to step forward.[42] Ergenekon defendant Levent Ersoz has also been named in connection with the incidents, in Silopi.[43]

There are no clear figures on the number of political killings in South-East Anatolia. According to intelligence units, 1550 unsolved murders were committed between 1990-2000 although the PKK claims that the accurate number exceeds 2000.[13] The Human Rights Association estimates that between 1989 and 2008 JITEM was involved in 5000 unsolved killings of journalists, human rights defenders, intellectuals and political activists and was responsible for 1,500 cases of “disappearances”.[44] Former chair of Diyarbak?r Bar Association Sezgin Tanr?kulu put the figures above 4,000, close to 5,000. He stated that one JITEM operative, Ibrahim Babat, alone had been charged with 61 killings.[45] In a documentary of Mehmet Hatman the figure of 4653 unsolved political killings between 1991 and 2000 was mentioned.[46]

Some murders received a lot of press coverage. One of it was the killing of Gaffar Okan, Diyarbakir Chief of Police and five police officers on 24 January 2001. Aygan said that only official organizations such as JITEM are capable of doing this.[47] Further cases are:

Vedat Ayd?n, the Diyarbak?r branch chairman of the now-defunct People’s Labor Party (HEP), was found dead on a road near Malatya on 7 July 1991, two days after armed men had taken him from his home in Diyarbakir. The widow Sukran Ayd?n thinks her husband’s murder was a turning point and that there was a sudden increase in the number of unsolved murders in the country’s Southeast following his death. She believes that a clandestine unit within the gendarmerie was responsible for the murder. [48] Only 18 years after the killing the public prosecutor in Diyarbakir opened a file seeking the detention of nine JITEM members including the Major Aytekin Ozen.[49]

Aygan said he had been part of a unit, alongside Cem Ersever and Arif Dogan, which had assassinated 72-year-old Kurdish writer Musa Anter in 1992 in Diyarbakir. Turkey was found guilty of this murder in 2006 by the ECHR, who sentenced Turkey to a fine of 28,500 euros.[50]

Former JITEM commander Cem Ersever was assassinated in November 1993.[51] Aygan alleges that Arif Dogan and Veli Kucuk’s superiors in Ankara ordered the assassination in order to take control of JITEM from Ersever.[31]

JITEM’s chief, Arif Dogan, was tried in the frame of the Yuksekova Gang (aka “the gang with uniforms”). According to Today’s Zaman, the “Yuksekova Gang was an illegal organization formed in the Yuksekova district of Hakkari, headed by three high-ranking military personnel and various politicians that smuggled drugs and weapons.”[50] Its activities were first revealed in 1996, in the aftermath of the Susurluk scandal. Its activities “are only one part of the JITEM activities” that have been sent to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). All of the local court prison sentences concerning the Yuksekova Gang were cancelled by the High Court of Appeals of Turkey, leading the ECHR to fine Turkey 103,000 Euro for its decisions about the Yuksekova Gang.[50]

Relying on a document as an attachment to the indictment in the Ergenekon case F?rat News Agency presented background on smuggling of JITEM staff between 1981 and 1990. Details were mentioned on arms trafficking, drug smuggling, and cross border trafficking of electronic devices.[52]

Ilhan Cihaner, prosecutor in Idil (S?rnak province) was the first to point at JITEM in an indictment of 1997. He held the defendants including civil servants, confessors and others responsible for killings, bombings and “disappearances”. Defendant No. 1 was Ahmet Cem Ersever and defendant No. 2 was Arif Dogan.[53]

An indictment prepared by Diyarbak?r Public Prosecutor Mithat Ozcan dated 29 March 2005 charged eight PKK confessors, namely Mahmut Y?ld?r?m (aka Yesil), Abdulkadir Aygan, Muhsin Gul, Fethi Cetin, Kemal Emluk, Saniye Emluk, Yuksel Ugur and Abdulkerim K?rca.[13] These people were suspected of being JITEM members and were charged with eight unsolved murders, namely the murders of Harbi Arman, Lokman Zugurli, Zana Zugurli, Servet Aslan, Sahabettin Latifeci, Ahmet Ceylan, Mehmet S?dd?k Etyemez and Abdulkadir Celikbilek between the years 1992-1994. The case was transferred to a military court.[13] The court case went through different stages. In September 2010 the number of defendants had risen to 15. During the hearing at Diyarbakir Heavy Penal Court No. 6 of 3 September 2010 the defendants Ali Ozansoy and Adil Timurtas (both confessors) were present for the first time.[54] Earlier the Ministry of Interior had refused to inform the Court of the new names of the defendants.[55]

Mehmet Serif Avsar was abducted in Diyarbakir on 22 April 1994 and two weeks later found dead. The kidnappers, PKK confessor Mesut Mehmetoglu and village guards hid in a building reportedly belonging to JITEM. On 20 March 2001 six defendants were convicted for their involvement in the killing. The case was raised with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The court found a violation of Article 2 of the European Convention of Human Rights.[56]

Abdulkadir Aygan is one of the 11 or 12 defendants charged with having killed Hac? Ahmet Zeyrek (in Silopi 1989), JITEM staff member Mehmet Bayar (25 June 1990) and Tahsin Sevim, Hasan Utanc and Hasan Caner on 16 September 1989. A criminal court in Diyarbak?r ruled in 2006 that the defendants were military personnel and should be tried in a military court.[9]

According to the report of Kutlu Savas PKK confessor Hayrettin Toka had been involved in many killings of JITEM. He was apprehended in Karamursel in December 2005 and taken to Diyarbakir. A judge released him on 16 January 2006. In his testimony Toka stated that he had been imprisoned for 12.5 years.[57]

On 11 September 2009 Diyarbak?r Heavy Penal Court No. 6 started to hear the case of 7 defendants charged with 20 killings that had been committed between 1993 and 1995 when Colonel Cemil Temizoz had been the commander of Cizre Gendarmerie Station in S?rnak province, Cizre district.[58] On 17 September 2010 the 18th hearing was held.[59]

^ Ayik, Zeki (1997-01-17). “PKK confessors turn into state hitmen”. Turkish Daily News. Archived from the original on 2008-10-09. http://tdnarchives.blogspot.com/1997/01/pkk-confessors-turn-into-state-hitmen.html. ^ 1998 Report, Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, chapter II, “SUSURLUK SCANDAL: Counter-Guerrilla Affairs”, p.39-86 (see quotation on p.40): “It seems that some illegal methods were employed within the state during the anti-terrorist struggle. In the report, some military people are mentioned, but the report implies that the army as a whole was not involved in such affairs. I am glad to hear that. If the army had been involved in such affairs, it would have been highly difficult for us to solve the problem. On the other hand, the situation of the Gendarmerie is a bit complex because its affiliation is to both the army and the Ministry of Interior Affairs. That’s an outcome of the report. JITEM seems corrupted.”^ 1998 Report, Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, chapter II, “SUSURLUK SCANDAL: Counter-guerilla Affairs”, p.46: The report prepared by Prime Ministry Inspection Board Deputy Chairman Kutlu Savas mentioned JITEM as involved in gang activities. However, JITEM is among the “state secrets” of Prime Minister Mesut Y?lmaz. Y?lmaz accepted the existence of JITEM but argued that “military officials were not involved and they intervened when they learned about it.” Y?lmaz carefully tried to relieve military officials, the Gendarmerie’s former Commander General Teoman Koman from responsibility. Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said, “JITEM is mentioned in the report. However, the Gendarmerie and JITEM are not equal to the army.”^ Usul, Safile (2008-09-08). “‘Veli Kucuk bana iskence yapt?'” (in Turkish). Gazeteport. http://www.gazeteport.com.tr/GUNCEL/NEWS/GP_280409. Retrieved 2008-12-05. ^ Duzel, Nese (2008-01-28). “2009’da k?yamet gibi kan akacakt?” (in Turkish). Taraf. http://www.taraf.com.tr/haber.asp?id=1177. Retrieved 2008-08-14. “Derin devlet gene askeri bunye icinde olusuyor ama art?k derin devlet MIT degil. Bugun derin devlet JITEM.” ^ “Assassinations lead to JITEM”. Sabah. 2008-08-25. http://english.sabah.com.tr/169DC79975FD4447B0B37835E0550F59.html. Retrieved 2008-08-26. “JITEM, considered to be the ancestor of the Ergenekon organization….” [dead link]^ a b Kuseyri, Murat (2008-10-04). “JITEM Ergenekon’un askeri kanad?d?r” (in Turkish). Evrensel. http://www.evrensel.net/haber.php?haber_id=38255. Retrieved 2008-10-21. ^ Jamestown Foundation [tt_news=34177 Turkey’s Gendarmerie: Reforming a Frontline Unit in the War on Terrorism], Publication: Terrorism Monitor Volume: 6 Issue: 22, November 25, 2008 by Andrew McGregor^ a b “JITEM vard?r!” (in Turkish). Milliyet. 2006-02-16. http://www.milliyet.com.tr/2006/02/16/guncel/gun01.html. Retrieved 2008-07-25. “Jandarma Genel Komutan? Teoman Koman: ‘Jandarma teskilat? icinde JITEM ad?nda legal ya da illegal bir orgut kurulmam?st?r, yoktur. Ama jandarma d?s?nda bu ismi kullan?p kanunsuz isler yapan bir grup vard?r’.” ^ Yedig, Serhan (2005-11-20). “Bir var bir yok. Hem var hem yok JITEM” (in Turkish). Hurriyet. http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/pazar/3542856.asp?gid=59. Retrieved 2008-09-05. “Ayn? donemde Genelkurmay Baskan? Dogan Gures, Jandarma Genel Komutan? Teoman Koman basta olmak uzere bircok yetkili ‘JITEM ad?nda bir orgut hic olmad?’ deyip kamuoyunun ruhuna serin su serpmisti.” ^ Yedig, Serhan (2005-11-20). “Bir var bir yok. Hem var hem yok: JITEM” (in Turkish). Hurriyet. http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/pazar/3542856.asp. Retrieved 2008-12-25. ^ Saglar, Fikri (2008-12-22). “Ergenekon’da kara gorundu mu?” (in Turkish). Star. http://www.stargazete.com/acikgorus/ergenekon-da-kara-gorundu-mu-156696.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-27. “JITEM yasal bir kurulus olmad?g? icin ‘yok’ demek zorundalar. Aksini soylerlerse hepsi birden suclu olurlar.” ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n The article INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES OF THE GENDARMERIE CORPS (JITEM & JIT) by Ertan Bese, Assistant Professor, Police Academy, Faculty of Security Sciences can be found in the ALMANAC TURKEY 2005: SECURITY SECTOR AND DEMOCRATIC OVERSIGHT (DCAF) – TESEV (Turkish Economic an Social Studies Foundation) SERIES IN SECURITY SECTOR STUDIES, ALMANAC TURKEY 2005, ISBN: 975-8112-79-1 Link to the pdf-file pages 172-189^ Onal, Ayse (2008-07-24). “Veli Kucuk beni isten kovdurttu” (in Turkish). Yeni Safak. http://yenisafak.com.tr/Gundem/?t=24.07.2008&c=1&i=130671. Retrieved 2008-11-21. ^ Unlu, Ferhat (2008-08-25). “Hem PKK’n?n hem de JITEM’in itirafc?s? Aygan” (in Turkish). Sabah. http://www.sabah.com.tr/2008/08/25/haber,9CF3200315EB4BD5AD6E9FA2AAE87B4B.html. Retrieved 2008-08-27. “Ben hem PKK’n?n hem de JITEM’in itirafc?s?y?m. Ama hain degilim, kendimi hain hissetmiyorum. Cunku hainlerin yapt?klar?n? ac?klad?m.” [dead link]^ Okkan assassination linked to JITEM, Today’s Zaman, 27 August 2008^ “Cem Ersever’in kay?p arsivi Veli Kucuk’un evinden c?kt? iddias?” (in Turkish). Zaman. 2008-01-31. http://www.zaman.com.tr/haber.do?haberno=645648. Retrieved 2008-08-19. “Ben JITEM’in kurucusu olarak biliniyorum. Kanunda yeri olan bir birimdir. Bu bende bir meslek hastal?g? olarak niteleyebilecegim arsivleme al?skanl?g?ndan dolay? bana gorev s?ras?nda degisik yerlerden ulasan belgeleri dosyalayarak muhafaza ettim. Emekli olduktan sonra da bu sekilde gelen belgeleri arsivledim. Beni seven insanlar da bu tur bilgi ve belge ak?s?n? bana saglarlar. Evimde bulunan gizlilik niteligi yuksek olan belgeleri arsivlemem, karakterimin ve al?skanl?g?m?n bir yans?mas?d?r. Ayn? zamanda yaz?ya dokulen gizli konusma kay?tlar? da bunun icinde yer al?yor. Evimde, gundemdeki Ergenekon, Lobi gibi belgelerin orijinal nushalar?n?n c?kmas? da arsivleme hastal?g?mdan kaynaklanmaktad?r.” ^ Inci, Fatih (2008-08-19). “JITEM’ci Albay’dan uyusturucu servisi!” (in Turkish). Yeni Safak. http://yenisafak.com.tr/Gundem/?i=135387. Retrieved 2008-08-19. “Kardesim ben JITEM’in kurucusuyum. Bana graml?k uyusturucunun hesab?n? soruyorsunuz. Bunlar? gorev icab? ihtayac? olanlara veriyorum. Si….m uyusturucusunu.” ^ Karapinar, Turker (2008-08-16). “Emekli Albay Dogan: JITEM’in uygulac?s?yd?m” (in Turkish). Milliyet. http://www.milliyet.com.tr/Siyaset/HaberDetay.aspx?aType=HaberDetay&Kategori=siyaset&ArticleID=979078&Date=16.08.2008&b=%27J%C4%B0TEM%E2%80%99in%20uygulac%C4%B1s%C4%B1yd%C4%B1m%27. Retrieved 2008-08-19. “Ergenekon’la alakam yoktur. Ergenekon’u sorusturma asamas?nda duydum. 21 y?l daglarda gorev yapt?m. JITEM’in de daglarda uygulay?c?s?yd?m.” ^ a b Duvakli, Melik (2008-01-30). “JITEM hitman: Veli Kucuk conceals masterminds”. Zaman. http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=132811. Retrieved 2008-08-11. ^ Sardan, Tolga; Karapinar, Turker (2008-08-21). “JITEM’i ben kurdum, Veli Kucuk’e devrettim” (in Turkish). Milliyet. http://www.milliyet.com.tr/Siyaset/HaberDetay.aspx?aType=HaberDetay&ArticleID=980869&Kategori=siyaset&Date=21.08.2008&b=J%DDTEM%92i%20ben%20kurdum,%20Veli%20K%FC%E7%FCk%92e%20devrettim&ver=13. Retrieved 2008-08-21. “1990’da Jandarma Istihbarat Grup Komutanl?g? gorevimi kendisine devrettim. Bu s?rada yarbay olarak gorev yap?yordum. Gorev alan?m?z Turkiye geneliydi. Kucuk ise albayd?.” ^ see the daily Hurriyet of 20 November 2005)^ Arif Dogan was detained in August 2008 (see Weekly report of the HRFT and released because of illness 11 months later (see the daily Zaman of 30 July 2009)^ a b The article appeared in Haber Turk on 26 September 2010; accessed on 27 September 2010^ a b See the article in Haber Vitrin of 9 February 2009; accessed on 27 September 2010^ Serhan Yedig, “Bir var bir yok! Hem var hem yok JITEM” Hurriyet, 21 November 2005.^ Tokat Pasa: Suclular cezaland?r?ls?n, ordu y?prat?lmas?n, Zaman, 29 December 2004.^ KILIC, Ecevit (2009-01-26). “5 bin kisiyi olduren JITEM dag?t?lmad?” (in Turkish). Sabah. http://arsiv.sabah.com.tr/2009/01/26/haber,5513A29C7AE244A585461D159D448608.html. Retrieved 2010-05-23. “JITEM dag?t?lmad?. Sadece kadrolar? aktif degil. Eleman ag? aynen duruyor.” ^ For Article 5 of Law on the Establishment, Duties and Jurisdiction of Gendarmerie No. 2803, see Resmi Gazete (Official Gazette) No. 17985, dated 12 March 1983. “The Organisation of the General Command of Gendarmerie is stated in its own establishment and staff decrees in accordance with the nature of its duties and the principles of the Turkish Armed Forces. The Gendarmerie General Command’s establishment, staff and duty stations are regulated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in consultation with the General Staff. During times of mobilization and war, squads under the command of military departments are organised with the approval of the General Staff. The organisation and mobilising of gendarmerie squads that are charged with security and public order duties are based on civilian divisions except in inevitable situations. To provide productivity and efficiency of service, organisations that cover more than one province are also considered.”^ For the Law Concerning Amendments to Some Laws No. 5397 see Resmi Gazete (Official Gazette) dated 23 July 2005 No. 25884.^ a b Cicek, Nevzat (2008-12-17). “JITEM tabelas? bile vard?” (in Turkish). Taraf. http://www.taraf.com.tr/haber.asp?id=23635. Retrieved 2009-01-04. “Jandarma Genel Komutanl?g?-Istihbarat Baskanl?g?-Gruplar Komutanl?g?-Grup Komutanl?klar? (Bunlar yedi ayr? bolgede konumlanm?st?r)-Tim Komutanl?klar?-Birimler.” ^ a b Kuseyri, Murat (2008-10-03). “Savc?lara hat?rlatma” (in Turkish). Gunluk Evrensel Gazetesi. http://www.evrensel.net/haber.php?haber_id=38203. Retrieved 2008-11-05. ^ S?k, Ahmet (2009-03-24). “F?rat’?n otesi: OHD, OKK, JITEM, Ergenekon…” (in Turkish). Habervesaire. http://www.habervesaire.com/haber/1339/. Retrieved 2010-05-22. “JITEM’in orgutsel yap?s?n? tam olarak bilmek mumkun degil. Ama jandarma icinde merkezi Ankara’da, cogunlugu Guneydogu’da olmak uzere belli bolgeler de grup komutanl?klar? seklinde orgutlendigi, illerde jandarma alay komutanl?klar?n?n bunyesinde, emirleri dogrudan Ankara’daki merkezden alan, istihbarat, sorgu ve operasyon seklinde uclu faaliyet gosteren bir yap? oldugu anlas?l?yor.” ^ S?k, Ahmet (2009-03-24). “F?rat’?n otesi: OHD, OKK, JITEM, Ergenekon…” (in Turkish). Habervesaire. http://www.habervesaire.com/haber/1339/. Retrieved 2010-05-22. “JITEM sozum ona PKK’ya kars? ‘gayri nizami harp’ faaliyetleri yurutmek uzere kuruldu, ama hicbir zaman dogrudan PKK’n?n k?rsaldaki silahl? gruplar?yla kars? kars?ya gelmedi.” ^ S?k, Ahmet (2009-03-24). “F?rat’?n otesi: OHD, OKK, JITEM, Ergenekon…” (in Turkish). Habervesaire. http://www.habervesaire.com/haber/1339/. Retrieved 2010-05-22. “Orgut bolgede muhbirlerden yararlanarak PKK yanl?s? kisilerin oldurulmesi, gerilla k?l?g?yla koylere bask?n duzenlenmesi, kisilerin gozalt?na al?narak iskenceden gecirilmesi veya kaybedilmesi gibi eylemler gerceklestirdi.” ^ Duvakli, Melik (2009-01-03). “JITEM behind Anter and Ayd?n murders, claims Kurdish group”. Today’s Zaman. http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=163093. Retrieved 2009-01-03. “He alleged that jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan told the DTP through his lawyers not to become involved in discussions about Ergenekon.” ^ Kilic, Ecevit (2008-11-27). “Anter cinayetinde sadece JITEM degil PKK da var” (in Turkish). Sabah. http://arsiv.sabah.com.tr/2008/10/27/haber,875803E7D72F492BB243AE76F5830EDF.html. Retrieved 2009-01-04. “Birbirlerine kars?t olduklar?na bakmay?n, perdenin arkas?nda sarmas dolaslar.” ^ The names given in various publications are: Musa Anter, Vedat Ayd?n, Musa Toprak, Mehmet Sen, Talat Aky?ld?z, Zahit Turan, Necati Ayd?n, Ramazan Keskin, Mehmet Ay, Murat Aslan, Idris Y?ld?r?m, Servet Aslan, S?dd?k Yetmez, Edip Aksoy, Ahmet Ceylan, Sahabettin Latifeci, Abdulkadir Celikbilek, Mehmet Salih Donen, Ihsan Haran, Fethi Y?ld?r?m, Abdulkerim Zogurlu, Zana Zogurlu, Melle Izzettin, Hakk? Kaya, Harbi Arman, Fikri Ozgen, and Muhsin Gol. Of these, Murat Aslan’s remains were found in the place described by Aygan, and a forensic dental and ballistic tests confirmed the identity of the victim. Further details can be found in the 2005 annual report of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey.^ Sik, Ahmet (2005-02-03). “Ac? bir Susurluk oykusu” (in Turkish). Radikal. http://www.radikal.com.tr/haber.php?haberno=142287. Retrieved 2009-01-03. ^ Ekinci, Burhan (2005-02-02). “Iste Itiraf, Iste Ceset! Sorumlular Nerede?” (in Turkish). Bianet. http://wwww.bianet.org/bianet/kategori/insanhaklari/53545/iste-itiraf-iste-ceset-sorumlular-nerede. Retrieved 2009-01-03. ^ “‘A piece of bone could shed light on Silopi executions’”. Today’s Zaman. 2008-12-18. http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=161589. Retrieved 2008-12-21. ^ Oktay, Mehmet (2008-12-20). “Family believes four members were executed with acid”. Today’s Zaman. http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=161800. Retrieved 2008-12-22. ^ “Kacak Pasa’n?n korku imparatorlugu” (in Turkish). Bugun (Koza Ipek Gazetecilik ve Yay?nc?l?k A.S.). 2008-12-17. http://www.bugun.com.tr/haber_detay.asp?haberID=48497. Retrieved 2008-12-17. ^ Mehtap, Soyler (21 September 2009). “Der demokratische Reformprozess in der Turkei” (in German). Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte (Berlin) 39. http://www.bundestag.de/dasparlament/2009/39-40/Beilage/001.html. Retrieved 24 May 2009. “Der turkische Menschenrechtsverein IHD schatzt, dass der JITEM zwischen 1989 und 2008 an etwa 5000 unaufgeklarten Morden an Journalisten, Menschenrechtlern, Intellektuellen und politischen Aktivisten beteiligt war und fur das Verschwinden von etwa 1500 Personen verantwortlich ist.”. ^ KILIC, Ecevit (2009-01-26). “5 bin kisiyi olduren JITEM dag?t?lmad?” (in Turkish). Sabah. http://arsiv.sabah.com.tr/2009/01/26/haber,5513A29C7AE244A585461D159D448608.html. Retrieved 2010-05-23. “Ibrahim Babat adl? itirafc? 61 kisiyi oldurmekle yarg?land?. * Faili mechul say?s? kac? Bu konuda net bir rakam soylemek mumkun degil. JITEM’in oldurdugu veya oldurdukten sonra kaybettigi kac kisi var? 4 binden fazla, 5 bin civar?nda.” ^ Tuna, Banu (2005-03-20). “4653 faili mechul belgeseli” (in Turkish). Hurriyet. http://webarsiv.hurriyet.com.tr/2005/03/20/616517.asp. Retrieved 2010-05-24. “4653 rakam?na nas?l ulast?n?z? – Avrupa Insan Haklar? Mahkemesi’ne giden davalara bakt?k. Bolge barolar?n?n yapt?klar? cal?smalar? inceledik. Insan Haklar? Dernegi’nin merkez ve Diyarbak?r subelerinin cal?smalar?na bakt?k. Yak?nlar?n? Kaybedenler Dernegi’nin istatistiklerinden de yola c?karak bu rakama ulast?k.” ^ “JITEM Oldurdu” (in Turkish). ulkede ozgur gundem (Bianet). 2004-03-15. http://www.bianet.org/bianet/kategori/bianet/31067/jitem-oldurdu. Retrieved 2009-01-03. ^ Duvakli, Melik (2009-03-02). “Wife of slain Kurdish politician says husband killed by JITEM”. Today’s Zaman. http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=203078. Retrieved 2010-05-24. “Sukran Ayd?n: a clandestine unit within the gendarmerie is responsible for the murder.” ^ “Vedat Ayd?n cinayeti raftan indi” (in Turkish). Taraf. 2009-05-06. http://www.taraf.com.tr/haber/vedat-aydin-cinayeti-raftan-indi.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-24. “Diyarbak?r Ozel yetkili Cumhuriyet Bassavc?l?g?, aralar?nda Diyarbak?r JITEM eski Grup Komutan? Binbas? Aytekin Ozen’in de bulundugu alt?s? itirafc? dokuz JITEM eleman? hakk?nda yakalama emri c?kard?.” ^ a b c Duvakli, Melik, JITEM’s illegal actions cost Turkey a fortune, Today’s Zaman, 27 August 2008.^ Ergenekon indictment reopens gendarmerie major’s murder case, Today’s Zaman, 13 August 2008.^ “Bir astsubay?n kaleminde JITEM gercegi” (in Turkish). ANF. 2008-08-29. http://www.firatnews.com/index.php?rupel=arsiv&anf=nuce2&nuceID=2051. Retrieved 2010-05-25. “1990’l? y?llarda Kurtlerin korkulu ruyas? haline gelen JITEM ekipleri infazlar?n yan?s?ra makam araclar?yla uyusturucu ticareti, silah kacakc?l?g? da yapt?g?na iliskin bir astsubay?n anlatt?klar? mahkemeye delil olarak sunuldu.” ^ S?k, Ahmet (2009-03-24). “F?rat’?n otesi: OHD, OKK, JITEM, Ergenekon…” (in Turkish). Habervesaire. http://www.habervesaire.com/haber/1339/. Retrieved 2010-05-22. “1997 y?l?nda mudahil oldugum ve JITEM gorevlilerinin sucland?g? bir davada Idil Savc?s? Ilhan Cihaner’in fezlekesinde bunu ad? konmustur. Savc?n?n ciddi saptamalar? vard?r. Savc? fezlekesinde kamu gorevlileri, itirafc?lar ve baska baz? kisilerin de icinde oldugu ve adam oldurme, bombalama, gozalt?nda kaybetme gibi suclar? isleyen ulke genelinde orgutlu bir suc orgutu var diyor. Bu fezlekenin san?klar?n?n 1. s?ras?nda yer alan isim Ahmet Cem Ersever’dir ki JITEM’in kurucusu oldugunu herkes biliyor. Sonra 2. s?radaki san?k, simdi Ergenekon sorusturmas?n?n tutuklular? aras?nda yer alan ve yine JITEM’in kurucular?ndan olan Arif Dogan’d?r.” ^ Detailed background can be found in http://www.gundem-online.net/haber.asp?haberid=96101 gundemonline of 3 September 2010; accessed on 27 September 2010^ Compare the daily Zaman of 12 May 2010, quoted in the daily reports of the Democratic Turkey Forum; accessed on 27 September 2010^ Jugdments of the ECtHR can be found at http://www.echr.coe.int/ECHR/EN/hudoc. You can search by the Application no. 25657/94 or CASE OF AVSAR v. TURKEY^ “PKK itirafc?s? Toka’ya tahliye” (in Turkish). Radikal. 2006-01-20. http://www.radikal.com.tr/haber.php?haberno=176217&tarih=20/01/2006. Retrieved 2008-07-25. “Kutlu Savas’?n Susurluk Raporu’nda ad? gecen ve JITEM ad?na cok say?da faili mechul cinayete kar?st?g? one surulen PKK itirafc?s? Hayrettin Toka, 10 y?l sonra Karamursel’de yakaland?. Diyarbak?r’a getirilen Hayrettin Toka, ifade verdikten sonra serbest b?rak?ld?.” ^ See the article in the daily Hurriyet of 11 September 2009; accessed on 27 September 2010^ Details on hearings in this case can be found in the daily reports of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, backed up by the Democratic Turkey Forum; the relevant dates are: 03-05.04.2010, 08-10.05.2010, 05-07.06.2010, 15.06.2010, 10-12.07.2010 and 07-09.08.2010

Two series of articles in pro-Kurdish newspapers:

JITEMciler konusuyor: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (Turkish)JITEM’i desifre ediyoruz: 1, 2, 3, 4. (Turkish)

Latest Ergenekon wave brings out unseen power struggle – Hurriyet Daily News

The ongoing debate over the detention of prominent journalists as part of the Ergenekon investigation brought an obscure power struggle back to the agenda with President Abdullah Gul’s intrusion in the ongoing judicial case.

“The Ergenekon investigation deviated from its course and turned into a tool of oppression. He [President Gul] may have been disturbed by this,” Ahmet Ersin, a member of the Parliament’s Human Rights Committee from the ranks of the Republican People’s Party, or CHP, told the Hurriyet Daily News & Economic Review on Monday.

President Gul warned the judges and the prosecutors to be more careful and in a way not to hurt people’s dignities while doing their jobs. “My observation is that there are some developments that are not approved in the people’s conscience. This casts a shadow on Turkey’s appreciated picture. I am concerned about this,” Gul said in a statement he made to daily Milliyet over the weekend.

Gul’s statement triggered a response from Zekeriya Oz, the prosecutor working on the Ergenekon case, who denied reports that journalists were detained because of their journalism work. The statement came Sunday a few hours after investigative journalists Ahmet ??k and Nedim ?ener were sent to Metris Prison alongside with other detainees.

According to the indictment submitted by Oz, the alleged Ergenekon gang was established by high-ranking generals, university rectors and academics, journalists, civil society activists and other prominent personalities to topple the government in 2003 and 2004. More than 500 people have been imprisoned without conviction as part of the Ergenekon probe, which was revealed by the police in 2007. The detention and prison conditions of the Ergenekon suspects continue to be a matter of criticism against the government.

For Atilla Kart, a CHP deputy and member of the Constitution Committee of Parliament, the Ergenekon investigation is a co-product of the ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, and the Fethullah Gulen movement, a religious community. “The Gulen community has absolute control over the mechanisms of wiretapping, tracing and etc. It’s an uncontrollable entity that could hit whoever it wants, even the government,” Kart said.

‘PM responsible for detentions’

Describing the ongoing developments as a very dangerous process, Kart said President Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an have begun to worry about this fact and started to express their concern. “This also has links with an internal fight between the president and the prime minister over the presidential term of office,” Kart said. “But this goes on independently from the [Ergenekon] developments.”

The influence of the Gulen community over the these sort of political detentions was first visited following the arrest of Hanefi Avc?, a police chief who penned a book on the community’s links in the Police Department. Ahmet ??k, one of the recent detainees, was planning to publish a book on the same subject.

“Whoever is investigating something related with the community gets in trouble. The Ergenekon prosecutors pester the life out of them. Wasn’t it the prime minister who called himself the prosecutor of Ergenekon? Nothing can happen without the prime minister’s knowledge,” Ersin said.

Ersin said the president would be disturbed by this development because it would also degrade Turkey’s image in the world, and that was why he pushed the president to step in.

Government in defense

However, for Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin, the president’s message was not only directed to judges and prosecutors but also to the media as well.

“He said it was everyone’s responsibility to preserve the freedom of the press and the democracy,” Ergin said. “He also said ‘I hope no journalists have engaged in non-journalism related affairs.’”

Ergin’s remarks were in line with prosecutor Oz’s statement when he defended the detention of journalists by arguing that there was some evidence against them, but he could not make it public due to the confidentiality of the investigation.

Fikret Bila, a columnist fro the daily Milliyet who interviewed Gul, said the president’s statement was his most important move since he was elected in 2008. “I know very well that he pays a lot of attention to the fact that Turkey has been shown as a model to all North African and Middle Eastern countries. That’s why he was disturbed that Turkey came to the fore because of shortcomings in the field of freedom of the press,” he said.

Fehmi Koru, a columnist for the daily Zaman, a newspaper known for having close ties to the Gulen movement, also criticized the detention of the journalists, according to the daily Vatan. “It seems that the latest wave is making fun of Ergenekon,” he was quoted as saying. “It’s meaningless to try to produce a guilty person out of an award-winning reporter and a journalist who is covering the Ergenekon case,” he said.

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On March 24, a group of Kurdish militants opened fire from machine guns and grenades to a police department in Diyarbakir city of Turkey. One of the grenades caused a fire in the building, but it was quickly extinguished, Turkish Milliyet daily reports.

Police opened retaliatory fire on the rebels. Later, troops of intelligence agencies arrived at the site to search for Kurdish rebels. Details on casualties are not available.

 

 

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Nine O’Clock home | editorial | politics | world | business | sports | culture | home news home page » sports Euro 2012: Romania, great expectations from Zenica match vs. Bosnia25.03.11 | by: Nine oClock | in: sportsRomania is playing this week-end a crucial game in Zenica against Bosnia and Herzegovina, who is looking to extend Romania?s wait for a first UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying victory, and perhaps score their first goals against their opponents in Group D.

Romania have named perhaps their strongest possible squad, with striker Adrian Mutu (Fiorentina) in line to make his first international appearance since a 5-0 FIFA World Cup qualifying loss against Serbia on October 10, 2009. Defender Dorin Goian (Palermo) is also back in the fold, while Razvan Cocis will bid to make a first senior appearance since June 2005 following his recall. The only new name in the squad is FC Dinamo?s in-form 21-year-old forward Marius Alexe.

This will be the teams? third meeting. They were paired in qualifying for UEFA EURO 2004, with Romania winning both games.

The sides first met in Sarajevo on September 7, 2002 but the game was all over as a contest inside 27 minutes, as goals from…Tennis stars play football for Japan25.03.11 | by: Nine oClock | in: sportsRafael Nadal, Novak Djo?kovic and Andy Murray took part in a charity football match in the United States to help raise money for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, according to Eurosport. The trio was among a glittering array of tennis stars who take on the Fort Lauderdale Strikers, a second-division team, before attending a gala dinner. The money raised will help finance American Red Cross operations in Japan.

?I am very concerned for the people of Japan and think it is only right that we do whatever we can to help those in need,? said Djokovic, who has enjoyed an unbeaten start to the new season, winning his first 18 matches.

Some 15 ATP stars, in Miami for the Masters 1000 hardcourt tournament that started this week, on Wednesday joined with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the second-level North American Soccer League in a light-hearted match that ended in a 4-2 victory for the Strikers. The tennis stars received enthusiastic backing from a crowd…Moscow to host Skating Worlds25.03.11 | by: Nine oClock | in: sportsThe International Skating Union Council decided on Thursday to allot the Championships to the Figure Skating Federation of Russia, to be held in the Megasport Arena in Moscow/Russia, on April 24-May 1, 2011, isu.org informs. The decision comesc after Japan Skating Federa?tion (JSF) declined holding the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2011, scheduled to be held in Tokyo, Japan this week. ISU has received applications from its Member federations in Austria, Canada, Croatia, Fin?land, Russia and…Romania, Bulgaria to host EURO 2020? 25.03.11 | by: Nine oClock | in: sportsRomania and Bulgaria could jointly organize the EURO 2020 tournament, Borislav Mihaylov, President of the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU), stated, being quoted by hotnews.ro. ?This is our wish and we are certain it?s the Romanians? wish too,? Mihaylov stated on his return from Paris where he was elected member of UEFA?s Executive Committee. ?We have several stadiums that could host the games in Sofia, Burgas and Varna,? Mihaylov pointed out. At the end of last year Romanian Football Federation (FRF) President Mircea Sandu launched the idea that Romania should host EURO 2024. …From the previous editions…Mircea Sandu wins new term in UEFA?s Executive Committee 24.03.11 | by: Nine oClock | in: sportsRomanian Football Federation (FRF) President Mircea Sandu has won a new four-year term within UEFA?s Executive Committee during the elections that took place during UEFA?s annual Congress in Paris.

Sandu won 15 votes in the run-up. This is Mircea Sandu?s second term within the Executive Committee after the one won in 2007. The FRF President also made a short review of his previous term: ?Romania won the right to host a U-19 final tournament; a 55,000-seat stadium is being built in Romania, a stadium where fans and the national team?s players will enjoy excellent conditions. We?ve also managed to build a base in Buftea, using funds from FRF, UEFA and FIFA. I haven?t done anything for me in my four-year term, I did everything for Romanian football,? he stated for realitatea.net.

MICHEL PLATINI REELECTED UEFA PRESIDENT FOR SECOND TERM

UEFA President Michel Platini has been re-elected for a second four-year term at the XXXV Ordinary UEFA Congress in…Sampras gets stolen trophies back24.03.11 | by: Nine oClock | in: sportsTennis legend Pete Sampras has had his trophies returned anonymously by the thief who stole them last year thanks to a deal hatched by his lawyer and private detective, according to Eurosport. The retired superstar, winner of 14 Grand Slam titles in a glittering career, had his collection of trophies, medals, plaques, crystal vases and rings stolen from a storage facility last December. The trophies were dropped off at a hospital in the Los Angeles suburb of Marina Del Rey, according to the LA Times, after secret negotiations between Sampras?s lawyer Anthony Salerno, a private investigator working with him, and a lawyer apparently representing the thief. Under the terms of the deal no further action will be taken, and the other stolen items – mostly furniture from Sampras?s house – will not be given back. LA police are currently conducting a full inventory of the stolen items, after which they will be returned to the tennis star….Six countries offer to host Skating Worlds24.03.11 | by: Nine oClock | in: sportsSix countries have put in bids to replace Japan as host of the world figure skating championships following the earthquake and tsunami that killed an estimated 18,000 people, according to ABC News. International Skating Union president Ottavio Cinquanta said that the bids are from Russia (Moscow), Canada (Vancouver, British Columbia), the United States (Colorado Springs, Colo., or Lake Placid, N.Y.), Finland (Turku), Croatia and Austria. The Croatia offer is likely Zagreb, while Cinquanta believes Graz is Austria?s offer. Russia appears to be the leading candidate, with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin having spoken in favor of the bid Tuesday, saying ?this is not a very expensive event and we are capable of taking care of all the…Razvan Lucescu: ?Higher pressure on Bosnia?24.03.11 | by: Nine oClock | in: sportsJust days ahead of the important EURO 2012 qualifiers fixture against Bosnia, head coach Razvan Lucescu is trying to calm Romania?s fans, the latter still waiting for the team?s first victory in this campaign.

?We have to go to Bosnia to obtain a positive result. There is higher pressure on Bosnia because it plays at home and it has to win. We want to win this game. (…) This is the first time when only one player is unavailable and the others have obtained important performances at their clubs in the last 3-4 weeks,? Razvan Lucescu stated for sport.ro. In their turn, Dan Alexa (FC Timisoara) and Dorin Goian (Palermo) are optimistic ahead of Saturday?s game against Bosnia, especially against the backdrop of Mutu?s return at the national team. ?I want to play, to be able to help the team. I?m not making a goal out of scoring. If he calls on me I?ll try not to let him down. They have good players that play in Europe and are part of their teams? starting line-ups. I see Mutu…Hagi files resignation, Galata chiefs refuse it23.03.11 | by: Nine oClock | in: sportsThe Turkish press writes that sports agent Victor Becali informed Galata?s President that Hagi intends to resign, but Adnan Polat did not accept his resignation.

Galatasaray head coach Gheorghe Hagi filed his resignation on Monday and told Adnan Polat that he wants to reach an agreement concerning the termination of contract but the official refused his resignation, ?Milliyet? informs, being quoted by Mediafax and Realitatea.net. The daily writes that Polat talked with sports agent Victor Becali on Monday. ?Hagi considers himself responsible for the situation the team finds itself in. Instead of parting ways at the end of the season he wants to go down that road now. We want to reach an agreement and terminate this collaboration,? Becali allegedly told Polat. ?With Hagi?s move placing him in a difficult situation, it seems Adnan Polat did not accept the proposal that came before the General Assembly meeting.

Galatasaray officials claimed that Hagi was expected in…UEFA to handle England?s television rights during 23.03.11 | by: Nine oClock | in: sportsEuro 2016 and World Cup 2018 qualifiersThe FA has agreed to enter into a deal with UEFA over the television rights of England?s qualifying matches for the 2016 European Championships and the World Cup in 2018, goal.com informs.

The general secretary of the FA, Alex Horne, admitted that the cash influx will be higher than their own valuation of the television rights, which prompted the deal to take place. Through this, UEFA has now agreed terms with all 53 of its member associations over television rights, which will be sold collectively by the governing body of European football.

?We thought it through long and hard and we have got a good deal for ourselves out of it. It is higher than the current valuation of our rights,? said Horne. ?We have gone into this with our eyes wide open. It is a creative idea and we believe it will work.?

UEFA president Michel Platini maintained that the move for the European body to control the television rights for the international qualifiers would be beneficial…McLaren?s Lewis Hamilton dismisses Red Bull as ?just a drinks company?23.03.11 | by: Nine oClock | in: sportsLewis Hamilton has dismissed last year?s Formula One world champions Red Bull as just a ?drinks company? and claimed McLaren and Ferrari will do everything in their powers to reassert their dominance of the sport, metro.co. uk informs.

Red Bull won the constructors championship last year, with their driver Sebastian Vettel also becoming the youngest-ever Formula One champion.

McLaren have experienced an unhappy testing period ahead of the start of the new season, but boss Martin Whitmarsh claims the team have now made ?dramatic changes? to their MP4-26 car just days ahead of the Australian Grand Prix. Hamilton has already started a war-of-words with his rivals before the first race, dismissing Red Bull?s changes of dominating Formula One. ?I am 100 per cent certain that neither McLaren nor Ferrari will ever let that happen,? he said. ?They [Red Bull] have not been there as long as our teams. Our teams have got status they would like to keep. ?For many, many years it…Blatter ?to stand down in 2015?23.03.11 | by: Nine oClock | in: sportsSepp Blatter will make way for a successor as FIFA president in four years? time if he is re-elected in June, he announced on Tuesday, ESPN reports.

Blatter is seeking a fourth term as FIFA president and is being challenged by Asian confederation chief Mohamed Bin Hammam. The 75-year-old told UEFA?s Congress in Paris that if he wins he will definitely stand down in 2015. Blatter said: ?You know very well that I am a candidate for the next four years as FIFA president but these will be the last four years for which I stand as a candidate.

?Together we have the task of bringing together the adventure we have started. We want to ensure a better future for our youth.??

The new president will be elected at a FIFA Congress which starts on May…Gov?t will offer funds to finish National Arena23.03.11 | by: Nine oClock | in: sportsBucharest General Mayor Sorin Oprescu stated on Tuesday that the government will respect its financial commitment in order to have the National Arena finished, namely RON 320 M. ?It?s a promise and I have the certainty that these funds can be offered, in line with the agreement that the government and the City Hall reached six years ago,? Oprescu stated while visiting the construction site. Construction site chief Stefan Monus assured him that the stadium will be operational by the end of June. …Spain?s Teixeira Vitienes to referee Bosnia vs. Romania23.03.11 | by: Nine oClock | in: sportsFernando Teixeira will referee the game that pits Bosnia against Romania in the EURO 2012 qualifiers. The Spaniard is familiar with Romanian football, having refereed Steaua vs. FC Timisoara (1-0) in League I last season. Bosnia and Romania will meet in the EURO 2012 qualifiers on Saturday at 8.15 PM. The game will be broadcast live on ProTV….Former Russian gymnast Nikolai Andrianov dies23.03.11 | by: Nine oClock | in: sportsFormer Russian gymnast Nikolai Andrianov, seven times Olympic champion, died on Monday at the age of 58, ?L?Equipe? informs. Andrianov had been suffering from multiple systemic atrophy for several years. Andrianov won gold in Montreal in 1976. He was also Olympic champion in floor events (1972, 1976), still rings event (1976), vault events (1976, 1980) and team event (1980). He also won 5 silver medals and 3 bronze medals at the Olympic Games. At the World Championships the Russian gymnast won four titles (all-round event in 1978, team event in 1979, still rings in 1974 and 1978). He won 9 gold medals at the European Champion?ships, including in the all-round event in 1975….Messi and Mourinho, best-paid in the world23.03.11 | by: Nine oClock | in: sportsRecognized as the best football player in the world, Argentina?s Lionel Messi is also the best-paid player in the world in 2011, having revenues of EUR 31 M according to ?France Football.? On Tuesday ?France Football? named Portugal?s Jose Mourinho as the best-paid head coach in the world, with revenues of EUR 13.5 M. Two times winner of the Ballon d?Or, FC Barcelona?s Messi remained the best-paid player in the world, having an annual salary of EUR 10 M, but has hiked his revenues through advertisement contracts. According to the French publication, in 2011 he allegedly won less than he did last year (EUR 33 M) and remains far behind American Golf player Tiger Woods (EUR 53 M), who is the best-paid sportsman in the world. Messi is followed by Portugal?s Cristiano Ronaldo (EUR 27.5 M), whom Real Madrid pays EUR 13 M. England?s Wayne Rooney is third with EUR 20.7 M….League I: Unirea Urziceni 1 ? FC Brasov 123.03.11 | by: Nine oClock | in: sportsUnirea Urziceni drew against FC Brasov on Monday evening at home, score 1-1 (0-1 at half time) in the last game of leg 22. Marian Cristescu put the visitors ahead just 4 minutes into the game. Iulian Apostol?s free kick from the edge of the box brought Unirea a late equalizer in the 89th minute. Unirea?s Epaminonda Nicu shook the crossbar in the 43rd mi?nute. This was Unirea?s first point in 2011, while for FC Brasov this was the 6th consecutive game without defeat….Adrian Mutu returns to national team ahead of match against Bosnia22.03.11 | by: Serban Georgescu | in: sportsAfter an absence of one and a half years striker Adrian Mutu (Fiorentina) will return to the national team and will play in Romania?s game against Bosnia at the end of this week and against Luxembourg next week, the two games counting for the European Championship 2012 qualifiers.

Mutu played well in the last legs of Seria A, managing to score an important goal in Fiorentina?s game against AS Roma (final score 2-2), something that probably convinced head coach Raz?van Lucescu to ignore the player?s disciplinary problems.

At the end of the week the Italian press praised Mutu but also Cristian Chivu (Interna?zionale Milano) who was also convened at the national team. ?Fiorentina has to be careful not to lose the Romanian this summer because it lacks another player of his value and it won?t find another either. Class, technique, ideas, goals, this is Adrian helping out Fiorentina,? ?La Repubblica? daily wrote.

?Central fullback Chivu is another player….Tennis: Unbeatable Djokovic claim Indian Wells Crown22.03.11 | by: Nine oClock | in: sportsNovak Djokovic just cannot stop winning. The Serb extended his unbeaten run to 20 matches as he came from a set down to defeat World No. 1 Rafael Nadal 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in a gripping finale at the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday, according to atpworldtour.com.

The 23-year-old Djokovic has not lost a match since falling to Roger Federer in the semi-finals of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals last November, leading his country to Davis Cup glory in December before beginning the 2011 season with victories at the Australian Open (d. Murray) and the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships (d. Federer).

?I don?t think anybody is unbeatable. I do have the best period of my life on the tennis court, but nobody is invincible,? he said. ?Still you are just trying to play your best in each match you?re playing.?

?The serve was the difference today in my opinion,? said Nadal. ?It?s true I played with less intensity after the first set, but I think everything is because of the…Moto GP: Stoner triumph in Qatar22.03.11 | by: Nine oClock | in: sportsAustralian rider Casey Stoner became the first Honda rider to win the opening race of the MotoGP season since 2003 with his third victory in Qatar on Sunday, CNN informs.

The Australian emulated seven-time world champion Valentino Rossi?s effort as he triumphed after starting in pole position; he is the only motorcyclist to have ever won at the Losail circuit after qualifying fastest, repeating his 2009 feat. The 25-year-old finished 3.440 seconds ahead of Yamaha?s second-placed world champion Jorge Lorenzo, with Honda Repsol teammate Dani Pedrosa third. Rossi, who replaced Stoner at Ducati after leaving Yamaha, finished back in seventh in his debut race for the Italian team.

Stoner, the 2007 world champion and a winner in Qatar the following year, also started last year?s race from pole but crashed on lap six.

This time, however, he let teammate Dani Pedrosa pass him early on, while his fellow Spaniard Lorenzo also took the lead during the 22-lap…Geneti beats LA Marathon record22.03.11 | by: Nine oClock | in: sportsWith temperatures in the mid-50s and rain falling, Ethiopia?s Markos Geneti navigated the ?Stadium to Sea? course in remarkable fashion, winning the L.A. marathon in 2h:06:35, smashing the event record by 1:49, and tying countryman (and marathon World record holder) Haile Gebrselassie for number two on the all-time fastest marathon debut list, according to iaaf.org.

Markos Geneti was formerly better known as a track runner. The 2001 World Youth 3000m champion and 2002 World Junior silver medalist at the same distance, Geneti in the senior ranks took the 2004 World Indoor 3000m bronze medal.

Behind Geneti came three Kenyan runners: Nicholas Kamakya in 2:09:23, 2008 L.A. champion Laban Moiben in 2:13:12, and two-time defending champion Wesley Korir in 2:13:23. Deba?s victory came over debuting American Amy Hastings of the Mammoth Track Club who finished just 29-seconds behind the Bronx-based Ethiopian.

For their victories Geneti and Deba both won USD 25,000…Gymnastics: Izbasa wins gold at France Internationals22.03.11 | by: Nine oClock | in: sportsOn Sunday Romanian gymnast Sandra Izbasa won gold in the floor event at the France Internationals. Romania?s Diana Chelaru finished on second place in the floor event and on third place in the vault event, while Ana Porgras finished on second place in the balance beam event, gymmedia.com informs. Sandra Izbasa won 14,833 points in the floor event, while Chelaru totaled 14,633 points. Russia?s Anna Dementieva finished on third place with 14,433 points, followed by Italy?s Vanessa Ferrari (12,700 pts). Romania?s Flavius Koczi won two silver medals in the men?s events ? one in the floor event and one in the vault event. Koczi won 15,266 points in the floor event, finishing behind Chile?s Enrique Thomas Gonzalez Sepulveda (15,466 pts). In the vault event Koczi won 15,800 points, finishing behind Sepulveda once again (16,099 pts)….Athletics: Nicoleta Grasu wins silver at European Cup22.03.11 | by: Nine oClock | in: sportsOn Sunday, day two of the European Athletics Cup in Sofia, a competition reserved for throwing events, Romania won two medals. Nicoleta Grasu won silver in the seniors? discus throw event, while Bianca Perie won gold in the juniors? hammer throw event, Agerpres informs. On Saturday Romania?s Sergiu Ursu won a bronze medal in the men?s discus throw event. Nicoleta Grasu, multiple winner of Olympic medals, world and European champion, won silver with a 59.44-meter throw. Russia?s Olesia Korotkova won gold with a 60.2-meter throw, while Russia?s Vera Ganeva won bronze with a 57.45-meter throw. Romania?s Bianca Perie won gold in the juniors? (U-20) event with a 67.38-meter throw….League I: Dinamo climbs on 4th place22.03.11 | by: Nine oClock | in: sportsDinamo Bucharest climbed on 4th place in the League I rankings following its clear Sunday evening victory against FCM Targu-Mures, score 4-1. The goals of the team coached by Ioan Andone were scored by Torje (45th and 65th minutes), Ganea (28th minute) and Danciulescu (69th minute). Liviu Ganea scored for the visiting side (77th minute, own goal). Also on Sunday, title holder CFR Cluj won its home game against Spor?tul Studentesc, a team that ranks at the bottom of League I, score 2-0. The goals were scored by Bastos (20th minute) and Gabi Muresan (56th minute). Universitatea Craiova, a team that has not won a League I game since November 1 last year, is still in the demotion area following its draw against Astra Ploiesti at home, score 1-1. … Romanian Red Cross, humanitarian appeal for Japan The Romanian Red Cross calls for an emergency humanitarian appeal to come to the aid of the victims of the devastating Japan quake. Those who wish to make online donations or to request information on family members can access the http://www.crucearosie.ro website. The special accounts, to which donations can be made, are opened at BRD, the Roman Square Agency:
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Demolition of Monument to Humanity in Kars will be delayed

PanARMENIAN.Net – The demolition of a Monument to Humanity in Kars will be delayed during the consideration of the lawsuit filed by the monument sculptor Mehmet Aksoy, lawyer Asli Kazan said.

As he noted, the plaintiff has in his possession legal documents allowing to dispute the decision of Kars municipality on the demolition of the monument. Erzrum Administrative Court ruled that the demolition of the monument symbolizing Armenia-Turkey friendship be stopped, Milliyet reported.

Earlier, Kars municipality announced a tender for monument demolition. A resolution to dismantle the monument was taken on February 1.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan kicked off a new controversy after he described a statue in the eastern province of Kars as “monstrous.”