Balyoz Davası ve Gerçekler

Dani’s article in the Turkish Policy Quarterly can be reached here.  This is the abstract: Turkey’s legal system was reformed significantly during the last decade, with the avowed objective of aligning it with European norms and facilitating the country’s accession to the European Union. On paper, Turkey now has a legal regime that is little […]

Orhan Kemal Cengiz gets his facts wrong (again).  In his column today, he states that we have accused the police of fabricating the Sledgehammer evidence. “Among others, are allegations that police fabricated evidence against the accused.” (Even though he does not name us, it is evident from reading his column that he has our arguments […]

Orhan Kemal Cengiz, who spoke at a panel at Harvard yesterday, has falsely accused Dani of dissuading people from attending the event and despite repeated attempts by Dani to set the record straight (over Twitter) has failed to retract the statement.  His false charge was picked up, predictably, by Today’s Zaman, which then produced a […]

Today’s Zaman has an article on the Sledgehammer case that is, as usual, full of lies and distortions.  Here we list the more important among them: “The General Staff has .. defended itself by claiming that the Sledgehammer plan was merely a war game.” False.  The General Staff has said no such thing since it […]

Ariane Bonzon’un Ergenekon/Balyoz davaları ile ilgili Slate.fr’de yayımlanan (Fransızca) makalesine buradan ulaşabilirsiniz. Makalenin google-translate ile İngilizce’ye tercüme edilmiş hali de burada. Here is an article on Ergenekon/Sledgehammer cases by Ariane Bonzon @ Slate.fr. Click here for the English translation (by Google).

You can find a guide to Sledgehammer in 15 questions here.

Dani’s article in the Financial Times: “Turkey is a rare Middle Eastern success: a predominantly Muslim country with a modern, secular state. Yet just as the world looks to it as a possible model for Arab societies in turmoil, Turkey’s democratic promise is being squandered under the weight of the country’s history and the political […]

(This is re-posted from Dani Rodrik’s website.) Another bizarre set of police roundups today in Turkey: eleven people, mostly journalists, were subject to early morning house searches and reportedly issued arrest warrants.  Among those caught in the net is Nedim Şener, an award-winning reporter, who has done more than anyone else to shed light on […]

Etyen Mahçupyan tries to explain away the inconsistencies and anachronisms in the Sledgehammer documents in Today’s Zaman (where else?) by claiming that the documents were updated: “Furthermore, as the military officers who were plotting to overthrow the government were waiting for suitable conditions for a coup to emerge, necessary corrections were made to these plans […]

Developments in Turkey are woefully under-reported in the foreign press.  We provide below one of the few stories in English on today’s alarming raid on an independent news site today. Turkish journalist detained for questioning over links to alleged coup plot By Suzan Fraser (CP) – 2 hours ago ANKARA, Turkey — Police on Monday […]