March 28, 2011

Seized documents suggest Ergenekon’s hand in Şık’s book

Today's Zaman

Documents seized at the offices of the odatv.com news portal and the house of journalist Ahmet Şık indicate the Ergenekon terrorist organization has links to the draft version of “İmamın Ordusu” (The Imam's Army). An İstanbul court recently ordered that all copies of the controversial book be seized.

Police confiscated a large number of documents at Odatv in a search last month and in Şık's house in early March. Şık is currently under arrest on charges of membership in Ergenekon, an alleged clandestine criminal organization accused of working to overthrow the government. Some of the documents were linked to a well-known plan of Ergenekon, titled “Ulusal Medya” (National Media), which explains ways of creating a “national media center” that will fight against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and the faith-based Gülen movement and “unite the Turkish public under the Kemalist ideology.”