There is an interesting polemic going on:
The Times of London has recently published an article about the Sledgehammer case, the case against the Turkish generals who were accused of plotting a coup. Alexander Christie-Miller, the author of the article, revealed that "doctored evidence" was at the heart of the case.
Then Etyen Mahcupyan, one of the pro-government liberals of Turkey, bashed at The Times and compared Christie-Miller to Norwegian terrorist and mass murderer Anders Breivik in his column in Today’s Zaman.
Apart from his reductio ad Breivikum accusation, Mahcupyan was blaming the Economist, too, which recently published articles to criticize certain actions of the AKP government, like unjustified the arrest of several journalists.
Finally, Alexander Christie-Miller has replied to Mahcupyan's accusations a couple of days ago. "There is clear evidence, from independent sources, that elements of the Sledgehammer coup plot have been doctored. Specifically, the CD containing most of the incriminating evidence in the trial was manipulated, apparently to augment the case against the defendants," he wrote.
The full text of his response can be read here.
