Star: Demonstrators took to the streets across eight provinces over the weekend to protest Republican People’s Party (CHP) Deputy Chairman Onur Öymen, who on Tuesday referred to the Turkish government’s response to a 1937 rebellion in the predominantly Alevi city of Tunceli, then known as Dersim, as an example of fighting terrorism. They asked Öymen to either apologize to the Alevis or to hand in his resignation, the daily said.Yeni Şafak: In its main story yesterday, the daily reported on the atmosphere in the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party’s (PKK) Mahkmur camp in northern Iraq after 34 PKK members surrendered to Turkish security forces in October. The entry of 34 PKK members to Turkey without any problems raised hopes that the 12,000 Turkish citizens who settled in the camp long ago may be able to return to Turkey. A northern Iraqi official who declined to be named told the daily that there were many people in the camp who were counting down the days to return to Turkey. The eagerness of the Mahkmur residents to return to Turkey has led to anxiety in the PKK ranks, and PKK leaders have begun to intimidate Mahkmur residents, saying that they will be put in jail if they return to Turkey.
Taraf: An army officer who examined the computers at the General Staff regarding a military plot to destroy the government sent Ergenekon prosecutors 590 files about the details of the plot, the daily reported in its lead story yesterday. The officer claimed that the facts regarding the army plot were covered up and that the files were first deleted from the computers and then the computers were opened to examination.
