More Ergenekon Arrests

  The list of those detained Tuesday as part of the Ergenekon investigation contains several former notable members of Turkey’s security, politics and judicial structure.
Former police officer Adil Serdar Saçan, whose name was mentioned as the first official to confiscate documents regarding the Ergenekon gang in 2001, was detained together with 15 other suspects. Former mayor […]

Court Maps Ergenekon Structure

The prosecutor conducting the investigation into Ergenekon, a clandestine network made up of former and active military officers, journalists, academics, politicians, mafia leaders and other professional segments allegedly attempting to overthrow the government, has mapped out what he believes is the organizational structure of the network and submitted it to the court that will start […]

Ergenekon Dragnet Captures Active Military Officers

Nineteen people, including … five lieutenants and [a] military student, were detained on Thursday in police operations… as part of an investigation into Ergenekon, a neo-nationalist gang believed to be the extension of a clandestine network of groups with members in the armed forces that planned to overthrow the government…
Land Forces Lt. Mehmet Ali […]

New Wave of Ergenekon Arrests Include Army Officers

Nineteen people, including six active army lieutenants and a military academy student, were detained yesterday in police operations in five cities, including Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir, as part of the investigation into Ergenekon, a neo-nationalist gang believed to be the extension of a clandestine network of groups with members in the armed forces that planned […]

Who Really Attacked The US Consulate?

One of the assailants in a deadly armed attack on the US Consulate General in Istanbul in July had engaged in phone conversations with suspects arrested as part of the investigation into Ergenekon, a neo-nationalist gang believed to be the extension of a clandestine network of groups with members in the armed forces that planned […]

Ergenekon Investigation: Military Unit Linked To Human and Arms Trafficking

Documents seized in a police raid on the house of an executive of a TV station as part of the ongoing Ergenekon operation have revealed that a secret and illicit military intelligence unit known as JITEM was engaged in several illegal acts, including drug and human smuggling and arms trade with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ […]

Ergenekon Timeline

Today’s Zaman has provided a useful timeline for tracking the twists and turns in the Ergenekon case, beginning in July 2008: click here.

“Turkish Woman Master Plan”

[The investigation is continuing into] Ergenenekon, a shadowy network whose suspected members are accused of having planned and staged attacks and assassinations for the ultimate aim of toppling the government…
One of the most curious documents seized during the Ergenekon operation is a file titled the “Turkish Woman Master Plan,” depicting the ideal Turkish […]

Ergenekon Ate My Homework

From Andrew Finkel’s insightful column (for the full text, click here):
…Those defendants in what has become popularly known as the Ergenekon affair are accused of some pretty terrible things. On the other hand it is an absurdity to think that they are responsible for every unhappy swerve in Turkey’s post-war history.
Many of the things now […]

But Who’s The “Partridge In The Pear Tree”?

A prosecutor conducting a probe into the Ergenekon terrorist organization, a crime network accused of plotting to overthrow the government, has submitted an organizational chart of the group; however, the name of the suspected leader of Ergenekon has not yet been made public….
The prosecutor, who on Wednesday turned in a chart showing the hierarchical structure […]