| Saturday, November 28, 2009 |
| Between Fact and Fantasy:Turkey’s Ergenekon Investigation |
“Between Fact And Fantasy: Turkey’s Ergenekon Investigation” is a Silk Road Paper published by the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and the Silk Road Studies Program.
Preface
Contemporary Turkish politics is striking for many reasons, not least the
fundamentally opposing and mutually exclusive narratives by which
domestic as well as foreign observers describe its major fault lines. Hence the
irreconcilable descriptions of the ruling Justice and Development Party
(AKP) government, in power since 2002: its supporters describe it as a the
Muslim world’s equivalent of Christian Democracy, the political force that is
ridding Turkey of its authoritarian past and making it a European
democracy. Its detractors, however, accuse it of seeking to Islamicize the
country’s state and society, muzzling independent media and criticism,
moving it in the direction of authoritarianism, and in the process driving
Turkey away from Europe. Descriptions of the mainly nationalist opposition
to the AKP are equally divided, ranging from seeing these forces as wellintentioned
supporters of Turkey’s secular republic to being authoritarianminded,
fascistoid groups that clamor for a return to military rule.
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| Monday, August 17, 2009 |
| “Between Fact And Fantasy: Turkey’s Ergenekon Investigation” |
"“Between Fact And Fantasy: Turkey’s Ergenekon Investigation” is a Silk Road Paper
published by the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and the Silk Road Studies Program.
The Silk Road Papers Series is the Occasional Paper series of the Joint Center, and
addresses topical and timely subjects. The Joint Center is a transatlantic independent and non-profit research and policy center. It has offices in Washington and Stockholm and is affiliated with the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University and the Stockholm-based Institute for Security and Development Policy. It is the first institution of its kind in Europe and North America, and is firmly established as a leading research and policy center, serving a large and diverse community of analysts, scholars, policy-watchers, business leaders, and journalists. The Joint Center is at the forefront of research on issues of conflict,security, and development in the region. Through its applied research, publications,research cooperation, public lectures, and seminars, it functions as a focal point for academic, policy, and public discussion regarding the region.
Download the report in PDF format here.
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| Friday, August 08, 2008 |
| Erdogan, Ergenekon, and the Struggle for Turkey - Middle East Forum |
"Erdogan, Ergenekon, and the Struggle for Turkey
by Michael Rubin
Last month, Turkish prosecutors issued a 2,455-page indictment detailing an alleged plot to overthrow Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan by an elaborate network of retired military officers, journalists, academics, businessmen, and other secular opponents of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). Although the precise facts of the case are not yet clear, the so-called Ergenekon conspiracy appears to be a largely fictionalized construct, with an ongoing investigation geared mainly to warding off constitutional challenges to the ruling party, not coups."
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| Saturday, July 26, 2008 |
| Unity plea to avert crisis in Turkey |
"Unity plea to avert crisis in Turkey
The Prime Minister has called for 'social peace' on the eve of a court hearing that could see him and his party banned from politics
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish Prime Minister, made an impassioned plea for national peace and reconciliation yesterday, a few days before a crucial court decision that could see him banned from politics, his party shut down and Turkey plunged into political crisis."
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| Writer Orhan Pamuk targeted, Turkey alleges - Los Angeles Times |
"Writer Orhan Pamuk targeted, Turkey alleges
The Nobel Prize-winning author was among those slated to be killed by right-wing plotters against the state, an indictment says.
By Laura King, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
July 26, 2008
ISTANBUL, TURKEY -- Right-wing plotters targeted prominent figures for assassination, including Orhan Pamuk, the Nobel Prize-winning author, and planned to attack NATO installations in Turkey, the government charged Friday in a wide-ranging indictment against what it described as a nationwide network of conspirators."
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