ATTEMPTED MURDER PLANNED AGAINST ARMENIAN AND GREEK PATRIARCHES OF TURKEY REVEALED
Noyan Tapan
Jul 26, 2007
ANKARA, JULY 26, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Plans of attempted
murder directed against Archbishop Mesrop Mutafian, the Armenian
Patriarch of Constantinople, Greek Patriarch Bardughimeos, as well
as businessman Ishak Alaton were discovered in the computer of Bekir
Ozturk, the detained Chairman of the Turkish National Army union.
The Daily Zaman, citing the "Gazeteport" internet site, writes that the
members of the National Army union were going to bring their plans to
life in case of the victory of the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
or another member of the Justice and Development ruling party in the
presidential elections of the Turkey.
After the revelation of the plans of the above-mentioned union a
message was sent to the Administration of National Security in order
to provide security for the Armenian and Greek Patriarches, as well
as for the businessman by the Prosecutor’s Office.
It should be mentioned that Bekir Ozturk was put under arrest as
a result of the investigation implemented with regard to the cases
of Umraniye. A great quantity of ammunitions was discovered by the
collaborators of the Security Service in one of the houses in the
Umraniye region in Istanbul a month ago.