From Orhan Miroglu, survivor of an assassination attempt and the infamous Diyarbakir Prison

Ergenekon consists of more than coup attempts, says Miroglu

Kurdish intellectual and author Orhan Miroglu has said justice will be served if the Ergenekon investigation is expanded to involve the suspects’ connections in the extra-judicial killings in Turkey in addition to their coup attempts.

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Turkey is going through a period in which a few force commanders are on trial.  Some Ergenekon suspects’ pasts are dark, and there is more to it than attempting military coups,...

Miroglu pointed out that some suspects in the Ergenekon case have always seen themselves as above the law ...

There were so many human rights abuses committed during those years of conflict [in the 1980s and 1990s]. And it was mostly the Kurdish people who were subjected to human rights abuses. The Ergenekon investigation has lifted the hopes and expectations of many liberal and democratic people that those responsible for these abuses will be punished. ...

Orhan Miroglu, survivor of an assassination attempt and the infamous Diyarbakir Prison

.... considering the fact that past parliamentary commissions have put the number of unsolved murders at 17,500. ...

It is a process we are undertaking, although it may go slowly. But step-by-step there will be progress. Moreover, not all of the 17,500 people are buried without a trace. For some of them there are detailed files. Their relatives may speak up and offer clues as to what might have happened to the victims -- if they had a democratic environment ...

In Argentina, they had a 30,000-page document called "Never Again." It’s about the bitter past of the country. We really need to face up to Turkey’s bitter past. And it is time to do it. Turkish intellectuals should take the initiative. Ergenekon provides the background for it to be done right now, right away. ...

..I think that we should first deal with the ones who did kill people. If there is a possibility that there are some others who are planning to do the same, we can deal with them when proof is found. It should have been impossible in this day and age to ignore the chilling acts of some deep state elements that hopefully are a thing of the past.

..What do the Kurdsof Iraq really want?

They dream about being neighbors with a Turkey that’s a member of the European Union. ....

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