Şule Kule Yilmaz

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Removal of Ergenekon’s Öz reminiscent of courageous Doğan Öz’s forgotten case
6 May 2011

The recent appointment of Zekeriya Öz as İstanbul deputy chief public prosecutor — a promotion that also meant he was taken off the Ergenekon case, which he has been overseeing since the beginning — has brought to mind past cases in Turkey in which courageous attempts of other prosecutors were blocked through controversial moves, even with assassinations.
Former Public Prosecutor Sacit Kayasu and former Van Public Prosecutor Ferhat Sarıkaya are also among recent examples of such cases. Sarıkaya (...)