General Expecting Promotion Summoned for Interrogation

General Hasan Igsiz, who was expected to get promoted in the Supreme Military Council, has been summoned for an interrogation within the framework of the investigation on allegations that the General Staff has used 400 Internet sites for psychological operations.

Istanbul - BIA News Center
04 August 2010, Wednesday

Prosecutor Zekeriya Oz, who is one of the prosecutors carrying out the Ergenekon Investigation, has summoned 19 people for interrogation. First Army Commander General Hasan Igsiz is among those summoned within the framework of the investigation on a document named "Internet Memorandum."

Also among the 19 people, are, North Sea Field Commander Mehmet Otuzbiroglu and Colonel Dursun Çiçek, who has an arrest order under the Sledgehammer case.

400 sites used for psychological operations

There is a new development regarding the 'Internet Memorandum,' which came to light in the letters sent to the prosecutors by an informant about the 'Action Plan Against Reactionary Forces."

A military official delivered a sample document to the prosecutors called the "Chaos action plan," claiming that an original version exists. In November 2009, he emailed to the prosecutors and the media, the list of some 400 Internet sites, which the General Staff used for psychological operations.

It was alleged that the sites were created on the orders of General Hasan Igsiz with the aim of wearing the government out.

Investigation finalised: Summons

According to the daily Zaman, Prosecutor Oz, has also finalised a preliminary investigation on a document named "Hayhay," which was acquired from Ergenekon defendant retired Colonel Hasan Ataman Yıldırım.

The newspaper has written that Luitenant Generals Ismail Hakki Pekin and Mehmet Ersoz, Brigadier General Hifzi Cubuklu, Major General Mustafa Bakici, Colonels Orhan Guclu, Sedat Ozuer, Ziya Ilker Goktas, Hulusi Gulbahar, Cemal Gokceoglu and Luitenant Murat Uslukilic are among those summoned for statements. (EO/EA)

 

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