Family os soldier killed in friendly fire asks for justice
Family os soldier killed in friendly fire asks for justice
Murat Oktay Can died two years ago while doing his military service in the Turkish Armed Forces. Military officials said that he had committed suicide, but, according to a recently uncovered sound recording, he was killed accidentally.
On the recording is the voice of Former Chief of Defense Iþýk Koþaner admitting that Can's death was caused by a gunshot wound to the head from "friendly fire."
In order to hide this news from the Can family and the public, military officials lied to the Can family, telling them that their son's death was a suicide.
After the truth about the what happened has finally emerged, Can's family said, as reported by DIHA News Agency "We gave our son to our motherland to protect us from enemies, but why did this happen? It must be investigated and brought to book. Erdoðan says he is on the side of the oppressed and poor. If it is true, he has to show some concern for this situation."
The last week in August tapes allegedly containing the voice of the former Chief of Defense were released on the internet.
The voice - then indeed proved to be that of Koþaner - spoke about a number of delicate issues. Among other things the general said that all confidential documents related to the ongoing Balyoz Sledgehammer case were stolen from military headquarters. Koþaner said that in the second of two illegal recordings carrying shocking revelations.
The comments on the latest recording about the Sledgehammer case, which has caused ongoing legal prosecutions against top military personnel over the last two years, were allegedly made by former Chief of General Staff Gen. Iþýk Koþaner, who stepped down in late July in protest of such arrests.
"We found out about the claims in the Sledgehammer case after the indictment was released," the man believed to be Koþaner said on the recording, referring to claims that the army was planning a coup.
The first tape allegedly taped him revealing weaknesses of the army and a chain of deficiencies in the fight against terror. The second recording is focused more on the Sledgehammer case, the debate over compulsory military service and the removal of Article 35 of the law regulating the military's duties and responsibilities, an article commonly seen as constituting the legal grounds for military coups.
On the recording is the voice of Former Chief of Defense Iþýk Koþaner admitting that Can's death was caused by a gunshot wound to the head from "friendly fire."
In order to hide this news from the Can family and the public, military officials lied to the Can family, telling them that their son's death was a suicide.
After the truth about the what happened has finally emerged, Can's family said, as reported by DIHA News Agency "We gave our son to our motherland to protect us from enemies, but why did this happen? It must be investigated and brought to book. Erdoðan says he is on the side of the oppressed and poor. If it is true, he has to show some concern for this situation."
The last week in August tapes allegedly containing the voice of the former Chief of Defense were released on the internet.
The voice - then indeed proved to be that of Koþaner - spoke about a number of delicate issues. Among other things the general said that all confidential documents related to the ongoing Balyoz Sledgehammer case were stolen from military headquarters. Koþaner said that in the second of two illegal recordings carrying shocking revelations.
The comments on the latest recording about the Sledgehammer case, which has caused ongoing legal prosecutions against top military personnel over the last two years, were allegedly made by former Chief of General Staff Gen. Iþýk Koþaner, who stepped down in late July in protest of such arrests.
"We found out about the claims in the Sledgehammer case after the indictment was released," the man believed to be Koþaner said on the recording, referring to claims that the army was planning a coup.
The first tape allegedly taped him revealing weaknesses of the army and a chain of deficiencies in the fight against terror. The second recording is focused more on the Sledgehammer case, the debate over compulsory military service and the removal of Article 35 of the law regulating the military's duties and responsibilities, an article commonly seen as constituting the legal grounds for military coups.
