Deep state

The High Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) has concluded that the six judges and two prosecutors who worked on the Ergenekon case, prosecuting 274 suspects on charges of attempting to overthrow the government of the time, were serving the movement of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen. 

The Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned convictions in the Ergenekon coup plot trial as the alleged Ergenekon Terror Organization could not be found and identified. The Ergenekon probe dates back to 2007 after a cache of explosives found at the home of a former military officer was alleged to be part of a big conspiracy against the government.

Turkey's top court of appeals has overturned convictions in the Ergenekon coup plot trial, considered one of the most significant legal battles in recent Turkish history which lasted nearly a decade, ruling that the "Ergenekon Terror Organization," the target of the allegations, did not exist at all.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has slammed Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirta? over the latter?s claims that a deep state organization directly linked to Erdo?an conducted a suicide bombing attack that killed 32 people in the southeastern district of Suruç on July 20.

Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals has set the date for the first appeals hearing in the Ergenekon coup plot case, months after the Chief Prosecutor's Office asked for a reversal of the rulings in the case from a methodological perspective.