Yeni Şafak: “Gül intervenes in forensic medicine,” read the headline of the daily's main story yesterday, which reported that President Abdullah Gül ordered the State Audit Institution (DDK) to investigate the Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK), which has been at the center of controversy a number of times in recent months, and to evaluate the ATK's compliance with the law. Gül asked the institution to investigate the ATK's activities over the last three years, said the daily, noting that the investigation may lead to a change in the structure of the council. In addition to the ATK's past activities, the DDK will examine the equipment, personnel and methods used by the council. Hürriyet: “Not a usual accident,” read the headline of the daily's lead story yesterday, which called the death of Col. Faruk Sungur, commander of Turkey's NATO force in Afghanistan, who was killed in a road accident last week, an unusual one. Referring to sources close to Sungur, the daily said Sungur, who never carried weapons or wore a bulletproof vest as he was trying to mingle with Afghan society, told his soldiers on the day of the accident for the first time to wear a bulletproof vest, fearing that the convoy they were traveling with might come under militant fire. The daily asked whether the armed Afghans who emerged at the site of the accident immediately went to check whether Sungur had been killed, stressing that there were many questions to be answered about the accident.
Taraf: Prosecutors conducting the investigation into Ergenekon, a shadowy crime network with alleged links within the state that is suspected of plotting to topple the government, demanded that two Ergenekon suspects undergo medical tests after they were released from prison for health reasons. Retired generals Şener Eruygur and Hurşit Tolon were released from prison earlier this year as a result of medical reports issued by Gülhane Military Academy of Medicine (GATA). New medical reports about the health conditions of Eruygur and Tolon may pave the way for these suspects to return to prison, said the daily.
