Akşam: “He is seeking an excuse for closure,” the daily said in the headline of its main story yesterday, referring to Supreme Court of Appeals Chief Prosecutor Abdurrahman Yalçınkaya, who previously filed a court request for the closure of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party). The daily reported that Yalçınkaya is once again getting ready to file a closure case against the AK Party following recent reports that the telephones of a chief public prosecutor and some members of the Supreme Court of Appeals have been wiretapped for a long time as part of an ongoing probe into the clandestine Ergenekon organization. Yalçınkaya accuses the government of illegally wiretapping members of the judiciary.Habertürk: “All posts to be sacrificed for a martyr,” read the headline of the daily’s lead story yesterday, quoting remarks from Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who said his government was ready to forsake all its posts if it would prevent the death of a single Turkish soldier. On Saturday, Erdoğan was in the eastern province of Malatya, where he addressed the locals and explained his government’s democratic initiative to settle the Kurdish issue. During his speech, Erdoğan criticized the opposition for fighting an initiative that aims to strengthen brotherhood and unity in the country.
Akşam: In its top story yesterday, the daily reported that Ergenekon prosecutors would never send the original copy of a document detailing a plot to illegally undermine the governing AK Party to the Military Prosecutor’s Office, which had requested the document a number of times. Ergenekon prosecutors do not want to send the document, as they are concerned that it could be damaged or modified.
