PLANS TO ASSASSINATE ARMENIAN AND GREEK PATRIARCHS REVEALED

armradio.am
25.07.2007 16:38

Plans to assassinate Armenian Patriarch Mesrob Mutafyan, Fener Greek
Patriarch Bartholomew and Turkish Jewish businessman Ä°shak Alaton
were found on a computer belonging to Bekir Ozturk, head of the
National Forces Association (Kuvva-i Milliye).

Today’s Zaman informs referring to the Gazeteport Internet news portal
that the ultra-nationalist organization could have carried out these
plans during the presidential election if either Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan or another Justice and Development Party (AK Party)
member were to have been elected president.

The report said the assassination plans found on Ozturk’s computer
were part of the ongoing Umraniye investigation. It was noted that
the public prosecutor’s office has demanded an increase in security
measures from the Security General Directorate to protect Mutafyan,
Bartholomew and Alaton.

After finding 27 hand grenades and other explosives in a slum house
in the Umraniye district of Ä°stanbul, the security forces went on to
raid Kuvva-i Milliye offices in Ankara, Konya, Bursa and Balıkesir
over the past week. A total of five people, including Ozturk, have
now been arrested in connection with the investigation.

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