24 December 2009 / SEDAT GÜNEÇ, ANKARA
Prosecutors investigating an assassination plot against the deputy prime minister have discovered links between plot suspect Maj. İbrahim G. and retired Maj. Muzaffer Tekin, an Ergenekon suspect who is currently in jail.
Prosecutors are focused on claims that the major and Col. Erkan Yılmaz B. may have received orders concerning the planned assassination from Tekin. Tekin is accused of directing Alparslan Arslan to carry out the 2006 Council of State attack aimed at increasing domestic pressure on the AK Party government to lead to a coup d’état. Prosecutors have discovered that the major had dozens of phone conversations with Tekin. The major also talked to Arslan 32 times over the phone. They also discovered that the major had frequent phone conversations with 10 other individuals. Prosecutors are now working to unmask the identities of those individuals.
