Shadiest murders in second Ergenekon indictment

Prosecution demands 13 life sentences for two generals

Although the indictment has not yet been made public, news reports say two key suspects facing charges of leading the organization are retired generals Hurşit Tolon and Şener Eruygur. According to reports, the prosecution is demanding 13 consecutive life sentences for Tolon and Eruygur without the possibility of parole.

The İstanbul Prosecutor's Office announced that 10 of the suspects in the new indictment are facing charges of holding leadership positions in the organization, while 40 others face charges of membership in it. Four others are suspected of aiding and abetting Ergenekon.

Two of the suspects are being charged with leading the organization, attempting to overthrow the Turkish Parliament and the government of the Republic of Turkey or blocking it from functioning completely or partially, inciting people to armed revolt against the government, sharing documents pertaining to state security, acquiring such documents, recording private information belonging to other individuals illegally, attempting to influence the judiciary and falsifying official documents.

Four of the suspects, according to the prosecution's statement, are being charged with leading the organization, attempting to overthrow the Turkish Parliament and the government of the Republic of Turkey or blocking it from functioning completely or partially, encouraging insubordination by soldiers, recording private information belonging to other individuals illegally and attempting to influence the judiciary.

One suspect is being charged with leading the organization and recording private information belonging to other individuals illegally.

Three suspects are being charged with membership in the organization, attempting to overthrow the Turkish Parliament and the government of the Republic of Turkey or blocking it from functioning completely or partially, acquiring documents regarding state security, being in position of explosive materials and obtaining confidential information.

Three others are facing charges of leading the organization and attempting to overthrow the Turkish Parliament and the government of the Republic of Turkey or blocking it from functioning completely or partially.

Thirty-seven suspects are being charged with membership in the organization, recording private information belong to others illegally, possession of illegal narcotics and violation of the Firearms Law.

Four suspects are being charged with knowingly and deliberately aiding and abetting the organization. İstanbul Today's Zaman

Ergenekon accused of Sivas, Gazi massacres

The prosecution accuses Ergenekon of the following crimes in the new indictment:

1) Organizing the Sivas massacre of July 2, 1993, which resulted in the deaths of 37 Alevi intellectuals. The victims, who had gathered for a cultural festival in Sivas, were killed when a mob of religious fundamentalists set fire to the hotel where the group had assembled.

2) The Gazi neighborhood incident on March 12, 1995, when unidentified individuals opened fire with automatic weapons at a store and three coffee shops in the Gazi quarter of Gaziosmanpaşa, a district of İstanbul. Twenty-five people were injured and one died before the perpetrators killed a taxicab driver and fled the scene in the stolen vehicle.

3) Organizing the Başbağlar massacre, which came three days after the Sivas massacre. The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) attacked Erzincan's Başbağlar village, and 29 people were killed on July 5, 1993.

4) The bombing of a public park in Diyarbakır which resulted in the deaths of 11 people, including eight children, on Sept. 12, 2006.

5) The killing of a general in the Lice district of Diyarbakır on Oct. 22, 1993. The commander of the Diyarbakır Regional Gendarmerie, Gen. Bahtiyar Aydın, known for his stance that terrorism could never be stopped by military force, was assassinated with a single bullet.

6) Violence that broke out in Ümraniye Prison during simultaneous operations by the police in Turkey's jails on Dec. 19, 2000 following mass demonstrations and hunger strikes by inmates, which began in October of the same year in protest of new F-type prison facilities.

7) The execution of 33 soldiers by firing squad in 1993 on the Bingöl-Elazığ highway.