In Ergenekon, Key Figures Refuse To Talk And Çömez Is not Found Yet

Tunç Akkoç, Vice President of the Worker Party (İP) Pioneer Youth, and Barbaros Hayrettin Altıntaş, who were taken into custody for the Ergenekon investigation,  have been transferred to the Hall of Justice. 

According to ntvmsnbc.com, like the newspaper “Cumhuriyet”s Ankara representative Mustafa Balbay, the former commander of the Gendarmerie Forces and the head of the Atatürkist Thought Association (ADD) Şener Eruygur also  refused to give his statement.

The prosecutor started questioning two individuals

According to hurriyet.com.tr, the prosecutor started questioning the Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) reporter Murat Avar and the businessperson Siyami Yalçın.

In the meantime, the prosecutor extended the two-day detention period to three days.

A group that called itself Turkish Youth Association were demonstrating in front of the Justice Hall when Tunç and Altıntaş were brought for questioning.

Twenty-one of the detainees, under interrogation at the Department of Fight Against Terror, were taken to health inspection late at night.

According to hurriyet.com.tr, the authorities released the businessperson Kuddusi Okkır, who was arrested for his connection with the Ergenekon investigation previously, for health reasons. Thus, the number of those arrested for the Ergenekon investigation, which includes the retired gen. Veli Küçük and the head of the Worker Party Doğu Perinçek, is 48 now.

It is expected that the prosecutor will extend the detention period to four days for those who are under interrogation at the Department of Fight Against Terror.

In the meantime, the authorities are looking for Çömez, former Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy.

The Ergenekon Operation started with the discovery of hand grenades during a police raid at Ümraniye in İstanbul on June 13, 2007 and the consequent arrest of ten people, including retired petty officer Oktay Yıldırım, retired major Fikret Emek and retired captain Muzaffer Tekin. (NZ)