Emre Aköz, the columnist, busy with doing research for his fiery, political writings
On top of the Turkish news agenda, there is the alleged coup plan to bring the country into disorder in 2003. The coup, allegedly codenamed as the Sledgehammer Operation, included bombings of mosques during the Friday prayer, crashing a Turkish jet plane and warplanes flying over the parliament should lead to martial law and a coup. The army rejects the claims.
As it is the Taraf newspaper that reported the claim (with the signature of a shadowy correspondent), I'm cautious. I don't rule out the very realistic possibility that there are many, many anti-democratic idiots in the army (as it is like in any large institution in the world) who can make such plans. Though, I still don't want to make rushed conclusions as this is another sensationalist story which doesn't seem like a well-intended, honest journalism.
Here is an example about the suspicious allegations of Taraf:
The newspaper claims that Emre Aköz, a Sabah columnist, would be among the journalists who would be arrested according to the coup plan. It is true that Aköz is a mouthpiece of the AKP government nowadays. However, the situation was not like that seven years ago.
As Oray Egin, an Aksam columnist, has reported today, Aköz was busy writing restaurant reviews in 2003. Egin said that he scanned all the articles of Aköz and found out that he has written about a political subject only once in 2003.
Even Aköz is surprised now. Why was he in the blacklist of the coup planners?
The answer could be something about the imagination of the Taraf correspondent.
