Ergenekon

An Istanbul court on April 12 ordered the acquittal of 13 suspects, including journalists and writers, charged with membership of the Ergenekon organization in the OdaTV case. 

The ruling comes six years after the opening of the case, widely thought to have been the work of prosecutors linked to U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen.

The indictment on events at the Akıncı Air Base, which was used by coup-attempting soldiers as a headquarters on the night of last year's failed putsch, was recently released. From examining the indictment, we see repeated references of the term "superior mind," which is used by politicians to refer to "dark outside powers" aiming to target Turkey's government.

The latest report on the U.K.'s relations with Turkey by the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee shows important clues on the new theme developing in the West about the role of the Gülen community in the coup attempt on July 15, 2016. 

Eight suspects, including police and journalists, were arrested on March 28 on charges related to the murder of prominent Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.       
Dink, the founder of the bilingual Armenian-Turkish weekly newspaper Agos, was shot dead in an Istanbul street on Jan. 19, 2007.

The Galatasaray sports club's executive board has expelled former footballers Hakan Şükür and Arif Erdem, hours after government members criticized the club for voting to keep them as members at a general assembly.

Turkey's sports minister and a deputy prime minister have criticized Galatasaray's decision not to publically disown two former footballers known to have ties with the network of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, widely believed to have orchestrated the failed July 15, 2016 coup attempt.

The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office issued warrants on March 21 for the detention of eight people in the ongoing investigation into the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, demanding their apprehension for publishing provocative photos with the convicted murderer after the 2007 killing.

Followers of the movement of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen infiltrated the military and the judiciary thanks to the Ergenekon and "Balyoz" (Sledgehammer) cases, according to an indictment that has been prepared against the group, which is accused of perpetrating the July 2016 coup attempt.

A total of 13 suspects including journalists and writers appeared before a judge in the ninth hearing of the OdaTV case on Feb. 15, charged with membership of the "Ergenekon" organization. 

The controversial case was initially pursued by prosecutors with links to the Gülen movement, an ally turned enemy of the government. 

A court in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır has ruled that the killing of 19-year-old Medeni Yıldırım, who protested outside the building of a new police post in the Lice district in June 2013, was not sufficiently investigated.