Chris Deliso: Deep State Coup Averted in Turkey

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Mods, PLEASE let this article reference stay in, as I know you don't normally allow articles from this site on. This is a very well written article by Chris Deliso on current events taking place in the Deep State in Turkey that are very relevant to the very pivotal story that Sibel Edmonds is trying to bring to the U.S. media on black market WMD and drug trading in that area. I tried to find it on his own blog site on balkanalysis.com to point to instead, but couldn't find it there either.

From:

http://www.antiwar.com/deliso/?articleid=12332

Deep State Coup Averted in Turkey
by Christopher Deliso

balkanalysis.com

On 22 January, Turkish police arrested 33 individuals, some connected with the military, in the largest concerted action against the "deep state" – that shadowy underworld linking extremists and criminals from the spheres of military, political, judicial and the academy. Some were accused of belonging to an ultranationalist group, Ergenekon, that was allegedly "preparing a series of bomb attacks aimed at fomenting chaos ahead of a coup in 2009 against Turkey's center-right government, whose European Union-linked reforms are opposed by ultranationalists." The ultranationalists (who also distrust the Erdogan government for its alleged Islamist agenda) were plotting to assassinate prominent cultural figures, such as Nobel-prize winning novelist Orhan Pamuk, journalist Fehmi Koru, and possibly Kurdish politicians. The deaths of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, two Italian priests and three Protestant missionaries have already been blamed on ultranationalists associated with the Ergenekon group.

The police had been investigating the group for the past few years, compiling in the process a dossier of some 7,000 pages. The current operation was sparked following a police raid in Istanbul this past summer, which recovered weapons (and some low-ranking military men). But the big fish, including two retired generals, were only caught in the recent police operation. While it seems to have been a major victory for the government and for Turkey in general, many have expressed cynicism that a completely thorough investigation will ever be accomplished. Because the case involves high-ranking officials from the military – that self-appointed guarantor of Turkey's secular, constitutional order – "it remains to be seen whether the cases will be brought to trial," states the Guardian.

But it is not so simple as just a matter of upholding army pride. The activities of the gang, which apparently ranged from false-flag terrorist attacks and assassinations to drug smuggling and espionage, are closely intertwined with the fortunes and affairs of the ruling class in Turkey. As editors and local commentators have been saying, to really act against the deep state is almost unimaginable; no one knows where the trail might ultimately lead.

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1. K&R

the more information on this out there, the better.

[AntiFascist]

2. It may not be just the ruling class in Turkey which benefits...

Luke noted that the World Bank made virtually no
reference to Turkey's role:
"At least three quarters of all heroin sold in Western Europe comes
from Turkey - 4 to 6 tons every month - yet the World Bank report
mentions Turkey exactly... once!


Here's the reference, in all it's glory:
"The large dealers in both Lashkar Gah city and Kandahar claimed that
they deal directly with buyers in Pakistan, Turkey, the United
Kingdom, and the United States."


That single reference to Turkey is all that the report could muster.


Why would Wolfowitz want to erase any mention of Turkey from his
report?" Because those members of the Deep State in the US also benefit from
Turkey's heroin industry no differently than their Turkish
counterparts, as quoted earlier and as discussed by Sibel Edmonds and
Philip Giraldi in Luke's post. In other words, it's not just the
handful of criminals in the Ergenekon gang who are involved in narco-
trafficking. It's a globalized industry for the elites...'


SOURCE: http://rastibini.blogspot.com/2008/01/paas-in-panic-and-deep-state-dr...

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