Speaking to journalists at a weekly informational meeting yesterday, General Staff Judicial Undersecretary Gen. Hıfzı Çubuklu said the document, which bears a “wet signature,” has not yet reached the Military Prosecutor’s Office, but a report confirming its authenticity has.Col. Çiçek, whose name appears on the military action plan against the government, was arrested Wednesday night as a suspect in the case against Ergenekon, a clandestine network accused of plotting to overthrow the government.
Çubuklu said yesterday that the Military Prosecutor’s Office had requested the original document -- which he said was allegedly in the hands of civilian prosecutors -- in writing four times. He said no reply has yet been sent to the Military Prosecutor’s Office. Gen. Çubuklu said they instead received the ATK report, which noted that the “necessary tests were run” on the document.
Çubuklu said a probe into the document was under way at the Military Prosecutor’s Office.
In response to a question on claims that the General Staff had not sent some of the documents demanded by civilian prosecutors, Çubuklu said the General Staff sent every document requested by public prosecutors as long as the information demanded fell within the scope of legal regulations.
In response to a question on whether the military prosecutor conducting the investigation into the document had filed a criminal complaint against the public prosecutor’s office that had not sent the original document, Çubuklu said: “It wouldn’t be proper at this time to say anything about that. What must be done will be done within the scope of the law.”
