Ergenekon used journalists as intelligence agents, indictment reveals

26 August 2009 / TODAY'S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL

Ergenekon, a shadowy crime network with alleged links within the state that is suspected of plotting to topple the government, used journalists as its intelligence agents to keep track of certain people, according to the third indictment in the case.

Documents included in the evidence files of the third Ergenekon indictment show that an Ergenekon suspect, Ünal İnanç, worked as an intelligence agent along with several journalists and kept records about certain members of the military as well as civilians.

İnanç was also the manager of the Security and Judiciary Correspondents Association and the Social and Strategic Research Center. The relevant document includes references to some military members as being “very loyal,” “from the Kayseri team” and “with İvna's reference.”

Earlier, it had been revealed that İnanç provided an İstanbul mayoral candidate in the March 29 local elections, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, with documents about Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek.

The documents, seized during raids of İnanç's home and office, increase suspicion that he served as the archivist of Ergenekon.

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