According to the documents, the planned attack was devised by an anti-democratic formation within the Naval Forces Command. The plan was exposed in May after a large number of explosives were discovered in a submarine at the museum during the investigation into Ergenekon. A military investigation into the discovery announced that the explosives at the bottom of the submarine had been forgotten by commandos.
Ergenekon prosecutors, however, decided that the findings of the military investigation were too weak to ease concerns over the discovery of explosives at a museum. The prosecutors examined the submarine at the museum and reached the conclusion that it was not possible for the commandos to forget a large amount of explosives in a submarine.
The junta documents on the planned attack noted that the explosion should occur on a day when the museum was visited by a large group of students. “Materials to be planted at the museum have reached operators. We should increase the number of visitors to the museum. C.G. will tell us when the visitor intensity at the museum is the highest. We should accelerate publicity and organization activities [about the museum] in schools. Students are the most important elements of this project. We should confirm the day of the operation,” read one of the documents.
In the meantime, a notice on www.irtica.org, a Web site established by the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) to fight the threat of reactionaryism in Turkey, announced that the site has been updated by the Turkish Family Health and Planning Foundation (TAPV). The foundation was established by Vehbi Koç. The update caused speculation over whether the Web site was truly being operated by a TAPV member.
An official at the foundation who wished to remain anonymous, however, said he did not think the Web site belonged to any of its members. “I am one of the oldest officials at this foundation. I have been working here for 10 years. It is not possible that www.irtica.org belongs to one of our members,” he noted.
