JOURNALIST DOGANSOY: "FALSE ALLEGATIONS BECAUSE I AM TARGETED"

BIAnet.org
April 27 2010
Turkey

Journalist Fuat Dogansoy disclaimed the news about himself published
in Vakit newspaper saying that "he was caught with drugs in Finland".

Dogansoy believes to be targeted.

Erol ONDEROGLU hukuk@bianet.org Istanbul – BIA News Center27 April
2010, Tuesday Journalist Fuat Dogansoy said that the news about him
published in the national Vakit newspaper stating that "he was caught
with drugs in Finland" did not reflect the truth.

Dogansoy assumes that he became a target because of his news for
the Fırat News Agency (ANF) saying that games were being played on
the Armenians and that there are secret deals between the Turkish
Armed Forces (TSK) and the USA. He had furthermore reported about
assassination attempts directed at leaders of the separatist Kurdistan
Workers’ Party (PKK) which is listed as a terror organization in
many countries.

Dogansoy: Neither police statement nor news in the papers Dogansoy
called bianet in regard to the allegations recently published about
him. He said that the Police in Finland did not make any statements
related to the allegations and that nothing was published in the
Finnish newspaper that was quoted as the source of the supposed
information.

Dogansoy had been subject to an assault on 15 March 2009 when he
prepared a documentary entitled "2 July – Documentary of Death"
about the Sivas Massacre. The Sivas massacre in central Anatolia
was an attack against Alevi intellectuals and artists. 37 people
lost their lives when the Madimak Hotel was set on fire on 2 July
1993. Dogansoy recalled that despite the attack a trial was launched
against him based on article 216 of the Turkish Criminal Court (TCK)
on "inciting hatred and hostility amongst the public and humiliation
of the public." The Governor of Sivas had made an announcement to
diclaim Dogansoy’s allegations of the assault.

Subject of investigation into "Revolutionary Headquarters" Dogansoy
furthermore said that an investigation was initiated into his alleged
connections to the Revolutionary Headquarters organization.

When asked if he responded to the investigation, Dogansoy replied,
"Should I respond when people involved in the Revolutionary
Headquarters case are kept in prison for ten months for nothing?" The
journalist dismissed the claims that he had any connections to the
Revolutionary Headquarters organization. (EO/VK)