Seven multiple-choice questions for you to answer

a) He could not decline Süleyman Demirel's request to do so.

b) He always liked the idea of being a subcontractor.

c) He joined the project to add a new political tool to the arsenal in solidarity with pro-Ergenekon friends.

d) He just wanted to prove that one can become a chairman at an old age.

e) He volunteered to bury the corpse of the center right, a movement that is nothing but a name, as it was already finished.

Question 2. Which one of the following could Aydın Menderes not have said while resigning from the DP?

a) In the past, Cindoruk had criticized the DP with the wording used by supporters of May 27 coup.

b) Cindoruk failed in the tests regarding the e-memorandum, the 367 quorum debates and loyalty to the national will.

c) Cindoruk is a stalking horse, and the shadow chairman is Demirel. I have no trust in Demirel.

d) Every vote cast for Cindoruk is betrayal to the memory of Adnan Menderes.

e) If the DP and the Motherland Party (ANAVATAN) merges, a new wave can be created in the center right.

Question 3. Which one of the following does not serve as an explanation to Sincan Heavy Penal Court's depicting President Abdullah Gül as a suspect that must be tried?

a) His statement that there is a commonly agreed understanding within the state for the settlement of the Kurdish issue had urged some dark forces to take action.

b) The tanks which were moved into Sincan as an intervention in democracy on February 28 could not be moved this time. Instead, the court decided to move itself.

c) Those who failed to block Gül's election as president kicked off plan B, which seeks to impeach him via the judiciary.

d) As the BBC put it, "Secular institutions frequently use the courts to resist the AK Party..."

e) The independence of the judiciary is proven for everyone.

Question 4. What plausible explanation, that would not raise much mischief, can be offered for Council of State Fifth Chamber President Salih Er slamming the government with headscarf-centered criticisms on the third anniversary of the Council of State attack?

a) He was offended by the merging of the Council of State attack case with the Ergenekon case and he just wanted to intimidate the prosecutors.

b) He wanted to make sure that the greatest resistance to the democratization of Turkey will come from the top judiciary.

c) It might be the case that Salih Er is about to retire.

d) He may be considering a political career with the Republican People's Party (CHP).

e) The judiciary is not independent and is crippled by ideological stances.

Question 5. Why did the CHP open an office in Brussels in September?

a) Because Zaman's representative in Brussels, Selçuk Gültaşlı, has been enjoying influence over the EU officials.

b) To make sure that the CHP is not dismissed from the Socialist International.

c) To be able to trace Baykal's whereabouts when he visits Brussels.

d) To ensure that there is a CHP member standing guard on foot every moment in the office in order to show the Europeans that they will not surrender.

e) As an attempt to hoodwink allies with respect to the unity regarding Turkey's EU bid.

Question 6. Which one of the following statements made after the death of Türkan Saylan is wrong?

a) She was a self-styled action woman. If only she had not protested about students wearing the headscarf.

b) Saylan is dead and demons are waiting for her.

c) No one should tell her to go to hell because hell is a very bad place.

d) Burial ceremonies should be used for the purpose of creating polarization within society and everyone's position should be respected.

e) Death is a piece of advice for everyone. To those who argue that there is no hell or paradise, we can say, "what if there is."

Question 7. Which one of the following must Baykal not have said about the republic rally in Tandoğan, Ankara?

a) This is certainly a CHP rally. We have not sent our deputies there for no purpose.

b) It is a rally held as a reaction to the Ergenekon case. Everyone knows that these statements of mine are not intended to meddle with the judicial process.

c) This case is sponsored by the prime minister. It is sponsored by this or that.

d) Weapons are not only spurting out of the land, but also out of the sea.

e) There is a political conspiracy around. This case is a politically motivated case. LAW is an empty pipe.