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Turkish Press Review (13 January 2012) |
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Friday, 13 January 2012ANKARA (A.A) - Turkish dailies mostly covered in their Friday issues President Abdullah Gul's comments on where the former Chief of General Staff Ilker Basbug should be tried, the serious health condition former Turkish Cypriot President Rauf Denktas is in and inexplicable trucks with Iranian license plates.
Covering President Gul's comments on the former Chief of General Staff Ilker Basbug, Hurriyet, Yeni Safak, Vatan and Radikal dailies quoted Gul as saying "General Basbug should be tried at the Supreme Council according to the Turkish Constitution. This is my personal opinion. This is a technical issue and we should let the appropriate authorities decide where Basbug may be tried".
An Istanbul criminal court sent Ilker Basbug to prison on January 6 on charges of leading an organization and attempting to abolish the Republic of Turkey by using force.
Istanbul court on duty arrested retired general Ilker Basbug and sent him to Silivri Prison in Istanbul.
"The 26th Chief of General Staff of the Republic of Turkey is arrested on charges of establishing and leading a terrorist organization," Basbug told reporters when leaving the court house.
Basbug's lawyer Ilkay Sezer said they would appeal the verdict.
Ilker Basbug was appointed as the Chief of General Staff in 2008. He retired on August 20, 2010.
Almost all dailies highlighted the deteriorating health of former Turkish Cypriot President Rauf Denktas. Cumhuriyet daily quoted Rauf Denktas's son Serdar Denktas as saying "my father is in a serious health condition. His doctors told us that my father's internal organs have experienced a failure". Rauf Denktas is receiving medical treatment in the intensive care unit of the Near East University Hospital in Lefkosa.
On the inexplicable trucks with Iranian license plates, Zaman daily wrote that Turkish authorities stopped five trucks with Iranian license plates who were on their way to Syria from Iran via Turkey. There are rumors that the trucks were carrying bombs and weapons to Syria. A team of experts from Ankara will find out what the trucks were actually carrying. About 10 months ago, Turkish authorities had stopped a truck bound for Syria from Iran and found out that the truck was carrying weapons. |
Friday, 13 January 2012
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