Etiket horror

Niyazi Dalyancı Dogfights over the Aegean would be intensified and if the Greeks fail to shoot down a Turkish air force jet, then a Turkish pilot would do it for them; bombs would be planted in two historical mosques during Friday prayers triggering mass demonstrations by Islamic fundamentalist men wearing beards and women in veil who will attack the Air Force Open Air Museum near the Ataturk airport hurling Molotov cocktails destroying the old aircraft on display there; military maneuvers would be held near the border with Greece leading to a hot confrontation with the Greek army and finally if the Turkish National Assembly does not approve putting the country under martial law the army would takeover the administration. These are the elements of a contingent scenario of war games held at the 1st Army Headquarters in the Selimiye barracks in Istanbul from 5 to 7 March 2003, according to the Taraf newspaper continuing its revelations against the unlawful practices that the Turkish armed forces allegedly indulge in against what they believe as the Islamic oriented government. For three days the newspaper serialized the horror scenario which also included names of bureaucrats and politicians who will be appointed to cabinet posts after the army takeover, also lists of journalists to be arrested and those who would be collaborated with under the new regime. According to Taraf, an officer who was serving at the army headquarters in 2003 gave the newspaper the documents of the war games dubbed “Balyoz,” meaning sledgehammer in Turkish, totaling some 5,000 pages, also including audio tapes of the military seminar at which 162 officers, including top-ranking generals, participated. Journalists of Taraf handed the CDs containing the evidence to Istanbul’s chief prosecutor who announced that he is opening an investigation into the allegations. Meanwhile, retired general Cetin […]