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By Simon Bahceli

A CLANDESTINE ultra-nationalist terrorist organisation, currently at the heart of one of the biggest criminal investigations ever to be held in Turkey, may have used its influence in the north to help Dervish Eroglu’s National unity Party (UBP) to come to power in a 1998 general election, it was claimed yesterday.

The allegations were made in newspapers published in the north, which published, along with their allegations, extracts from Turkey’s Chief Prosecutors report on documents found in the possession of Turkish Metal Workers’ Trade Union Mustafa Ozbek.

Ozbek, arrested in Turkey in January, is currently being held in custody along with over a hundred others pending their trial for membership of the secret Ergenekon group. Ergenekon is believed by the Turkish authorities to be an umbrella group of ultra-nationalists, which stands accused of seeking to topple the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) by triggering unrest in the country in the hope that it would precipitate a military coup. Those arrested include military generals, party officials, and even a former secretary general of the Turkish National Security Council.

Ozbek has for years had strong connections with Cyprus and owns the national Avrasya TV which operates from Nicosia. Typed documents retrieved from his home following his arrests appear to show that the Ergenekon organisation was operating in north Cyprus over a decade ago, and had in 1998 set up cells across the north to drum up support for Eroglu after withdrawing its support for Rauf Denktash and his son Serdar.

One of the transcripts published in newspapers yesterday appeared to be that of a bugged telephone conversation between Serdar Denktash and an individual named as Pasha. In the conversation Pasha tells Serdar he can no longer back him and his political party because of threats he has received.

“Serdar, I am withdrawing my support for you,” Pasha is quoted as saying, and adds: “These people are very dangerous. You can’t imagine what these people can do”.

Pasha seems to indicate the shift in Ergenekon’s support by saying, “They are all going over to the other side”, the other side being the UBP.

Interestingly, the junior Denktash is reported to have asked if it were possible to “make friends” with those making the threats, but was told that it was impossible and that he (Pasha) was no longer prepared to be associated with him.

The clandestine group, according to the documents, seems to have switched allegiance to Eroglu and the UBP after deciding that Denktash could no longer be relied upon, partly because of his age, and partly because he was “too emotional”.

The Chief Prosecutor’s report alleges there was a Cyprus Operations section of the group which, as well as promoting Eroglu, also infiltrated the currently-ruling Republican Turkish Party (CTP) in order to destabilise it. There are also documents pertaining to “intelligence reports” on current Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat. These reports were, at one time, apparently delivered to the desk of former leader Rauf Denktash.

In explaining the rationale behind Ergenkon’s Cyprus operations, the Chief Prosecutor said, “This happened because of the lack of regulation in [north] Cyprus because of its lack of regulation, and because of its political and financial importance. The ultra-nationalist community of Turkey saw Cyprus as a great source of wealth, which they were not prepared to lose”.

While the Ergenekon trial continues in Turkey, some in the north have called for an investigation into its actions on the island and those in Cyprus who cooperated with them. Yesterday Kibris newspaper’s Hasan Hasturer wrote, “Now that the dimensions of this issue have grown so big, no one has the right to remain silent. Beginning with Eroglu, everyone must speak so that the truth can be known. Is it right to raise such an issue so close to an election? It is exactly the right time”.

Copyright © Cyprus Mail 2009

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[halil]

above allagationes are discussed at last night live tv program at bayrak tv.
at tv program primer minister Ferdi said today he will call the public prosecutors to take actiones about this allagations .

program hosts were primer minister Ferdi and Eroglu .

today almost everybody speaks about above allagationes in north .

[YFred]

So the rumour that Denktash was one of the leaders of Ergenekon then can't be true. Is that right Halil?

[alexISS]

See whose "mama" is evil, Halil?

[halil]

See whose "mama" is evil, Halil?

[halil]

So the rumour that Denktash was one of the leaders of Ergenekon then can't be true. Is that right Halil?

more to read for u .... these are only allegations as long as not proved or fined still they are ......?????? .

http://www.kibrispostasi.com/index.php/ ... IS_POSTASI

[YFred]

So the rumour that Denktash was one of the leaders of Ergenekon then can't be true. Is that right Halil?

more to read for u .... these are only allegations as long as not proved or fined still they are ......?????? .

http://www.kibrispostasi.com/index.php/ ... IS_POSTASI

Halil, I see MeteT working for Kibrispostasi, does he not work for Bayrak anymore?

[halil]

So the rumour that Denktash was one of the leaders of Ergenekon then can't be true. Is that right Halil?

more to read for u .... these are only allegations as long as not proved or fined still they are ......?????? .

http://www.kibrispostasi.com/index.php/ ... IS_POSTASI

Halil, I see MeteT working for Kibrispostasi, does he not work for Bayrak anymore?

he does .... most of the program makers from the bayrak also works at newspapers .... some of them works for Yenidüzen , Kıbrıs ,Kıbrıs postası ,havadis .... etc.... etc ..... we have a press law that journalists can work more than one places ,even they gets a work from government.

[coremax]

The public does not know yet the fact that Ergenekon is also responsible for the black death in 14th Century, even with direct engineering of manipulating a specific higher authority to banish the morning-star from heaven some time earlier.

The organization is also widely known to scare people off the island, to such an extent that one may even swim to Canada, convert to Judaism and declare himself a so-called semicha apprentice...

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The public does not know yet the fact that Ergenekon is also responsible for the black death in 14th Century, even with direct engineering of manipulating a specific higher authority to banish the morning-star from heaven some time earlier.

The organization is also widely known to scare people off the island, to such an extent that one may even swim to Canada, convert to Judaism and declare himself a so-called semicha apprentice...

WTF are you on?

Not fair Halil, the Kibrispostasi article is in Turkish!