Petition submitted to court: MHP targets 154 people

In the trial for the assassination of former Ülkü Ocakları (Idealist Hearths) President Sinan Ateş in Ankara, held between July 1 and 5, the MHP's request to join the case as a "victim" was rejected.

Cumhuriyet columnist Barış Terkoğlu covered the details of the MHP's petition in his column.

The relevant section of Terkoğlu's article is as follows:

EQUATED MHP WITH TURKISHNESS

After stating that Atatürk founded the Republic on the idea of nationalism, that nationalism was pushed to the background after Atatürk's death, that nationalism found its place in politics with Alparslan Türkeş founding the MHP, and that Bahçeli adapted nationalism to the modern era, the following expressions were used: “The position held by the MHP disturbs many different segments that have designs on Turkey.”

In the petition, the MHP is defined as follows: “The MHP is the representative of the ancient story of the Turkish nation and is the current address and institutional center of historical experience.”

According to this definition, “criticism of the MHP” is considered “criticism of the Turkish nation”!

In the MHP's petition, those who criticize the MHP over the Sinan Ateş murder are described as follows: “Members of separatist, liberal, Marxist, and FETÖ structures are systematically and consistently slandering the MHP through posts, news, and articles that are in alliance with various global powers and are also in line with their political dispositions.”

MHP lawyers İbrahim Ethem Yiğit and Çağrı Can Pak also submitted a hard drive to the court, consisting mostly of television programs. Based on this, they provided a list of 154 people they claimed were “attacking the MHP.” They requested that these 154 people be summoned to court, their statements be taken, and, so to speak, they be asked, “What is your problem with the MHP?” Interestingly, the majority of the 154 people whom the MHP refers to as “members of separatist, liberal, Marxist, and FETÖ structures” are not only not Marxist or liberal, but are also known for their struggle against FETÖ and separatist ideologies. Some individuals known for their ties to FETÖ are not on the list.

LIST OF 154 PEOPLE

The following 154 names are in the appendix of the petition:

Politicians: Özgür Özel, Deniz Yavuzyılmaz, Gökhan Günaydın, Ali Mahir Başarır, Sezgin Tanrıkulu, Murat Bakan, Yunus Emre, Özgür Karabat, Cumhur Uzun, Ali Öztunç, Mustafa Adıgüzel, Mahir Polat, Ümit Özdağ, Müsavat Dervişoğlu, Uğur Poyraz, Turhan Çömez, Buğra Kavuncu, Ahmet Davutoğlu, Selçuk Özdağ, Ali Babacan, Erkan Baş, Levent Tüzel, Sevda Karaca, Alper Taş, Remzi Çayır, Hüseyin Baş, Salih Uzun, Cem Toker, Doğan Aydal, Ahat Andican, Aytun Çıray, Bahattin Yücel, Ali Haydar Fırat, Emin Şirin, Fikri Sağlar, Gülay Yedekçi, Mustafa Böğürcü, Nazif Okumuş, Önay Alpago, Bahadır Erdem, Turan Aydoğan, Yavuz Ağıralioğlu, Yavuz Değirmenci, Gaye Usluer, Nesrin Nas, Ufuk Söylemez, Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit.

Journalists: Murat Muratoğlu, Akif Beki, Ali Kemal Erdem, Altan Sancar, Asuman Aranca, Atakan Sönmez, Ayşen Şahin, Bahadır Özgür, Barış Pehlivan, Caner Taşpınar, Çiğdem Toker, Deniz Zeyrek, Dinçer Gökçe, Nedim Türkmen, Elfin Tataroğlu, Elif Doğan Şentürk, Doğan Şentürk, Ersin Eroğlu, Fatih Ergin, Fatih Polat, Fırat Fıstık, Fikret Bila, Hakan Çelenk, Hilmi Hacaloğlu, Hüsnü Mahalli, İbrahim Kahveci, İnanç Uysal, İslam Özkan, İsmail Saymaz, Kemal Göktaş, Masum Gök, Mehmet Bal, Mehmet Tezkan, Merdan Yanardağ, Miyase İlknur, Murat Ağırel, Murat Karan, Murat Yetkin, Nevşin Mengü, Nevzat Çiçek, Nurcan Gökdemir, Orhan Uğurluoğlu, Özlem Akarsu Çelik, Emre Kongar, Sertaç Eş, Seyhan Avşar, Taha Akyol, Timur Soykan, Uğur Dündar, Yaşar Aydın, Yavuz Oğhan, Yavuz Selim Demirağ, Yıldız Yazıcıoğlu, Zübeyde Sarı, Mustafa Balbay, Mustafa Kurdaş, Hilal Köylü, Orhan Bursalı, Umut Taştan, Alican Uludağ, Namık Koçak, Özlem Gürses, Yalçın Doğan.

Legal Experts: Celal Ülgen, Afşin Hatipoğlu, Bülent Yücetürk, Ruşen Gültekin, Figen Çalıkuşu, Gürkan Çakıroğlu, İlhan Cihaner, Mehmet Saral, Muzaffer Nerse, Hasan Sınar, Salim Şen, Gamze Pamuk Ateşli.

Researchers/Academics: Can Selçuki, Ceren Kumbasar Mumay, Güven Gürkan Öztan, Berk Esen, Can Kakışım, Haldun Solmaztürk, İbrahim Uslu, Eren Aksoyoğlu, Erol Mütercimler, Mehmet Ali Kulat, Mehmet Yaşar Altındağ, Oğul Aktuna, Mithat Baydur, Öner Günçavdı, Sait Yılmaz, Ersin Kalaycıoğlu, İpek Özkal Sayan, Semih Turhan, Sezin Öney, Suat Özçelebi, Seda Demiralp, Osman Sert, Burak Cop, Barış Övgün, Necati Özkan, Tacire Bektaş, Tayfun Atay, Onur Alp Yılmaz, Gülgün Erdoğan Tosun.

Others: Türker Ertürk (retired admiral), Hanefi Avcı (retired police officer), Ömer Zengin (Sinan Ateş’s friend).

Currently, a significant portion of the defendants, from Tolgahan Demirbaş to Emre Yüksel, and the suspects, from Olcay Kılavuz to Ahmet Yiğit Yıldırım, are from the MHP and Ülkü Ocakları management. It is noteworthy that the MHP is complaining not about these individuals whose names are involved in the murder, but about those who are questioning the murder. The MHP management is clearly trying to prevent the murder from being discussed. On the other hand, if the court had accepted this request and summoned 154 people, the testimony process alone would have taken years. Thus, the outcome of the Sinan Ateş murder trial would have become even more uncertain. Ultimately, the petition is not trying to settle accounts with the murder, but to settle accounts with those who are settling accounts.

12PUNTO ALSO TARGETED

Among the names included in the appendix of the petition are 12punto journalists Caner Taşpınar and Ersin Eroğlu, legal expert Ruşen Gültekin, and researcher/academic Onur Alp Yılmaz.

News Source: 12punto