Mehmet Baransu has been arrested, and thus the arguments begin.
Some of those arguments are related with Baransu’s journalism method, the ethic borders of journalism, whether there is a conspiracy about the Sledgehammer case, and if there is, then whether Baransu is involved in this conspiracy or not.
It’s beneficial to sort it out and array it.
Baransu’s arrest has no direct relation with most of the above matters.
As a matter of fact, the court has already turned down detention requests related with conspiracy, organization and fraud claims, due to lack of evidence.
Then, why was Baransu arrested?
As you probably know, he was arrested for acquiring confidential documents of the government related with the Sledgehammer case.
Then, the question is:
Since those documents are subject to a coup attempt case, which is yet to be completed, and exposed to the claims of bearing a crime factor, then how come those same files enter the context of “government secret”? What’s more, how can a journalist, who revealed a crime factor, be arrested due to that?
Baransu’s arrest is against the principles of the state of law and freedom of the press.
Now, let’s talk about the other side of the argument….
To the Sledgehammer Case, conspiracy and coup d’état arguments…
Ever since Baransu acquired the records and documents of a drill conducted in the 1st Army Division, and published it, the direction of politics in Turkey changed. The voice records, within those acquired documents, were clearly showing us a preparation of an attempt.
The situation hasn’t changed in this sense, even now…
Under the leadership of General Çetin Doğan, a coup d’état practice has been conducted in this drill, where EMASYA Units and plans were also used.
Individuals, voice records were quite clear.
However, in the land of transformation, rulership struggles and congregation scuffles, nothing can be fully black or white.
As a matter of fact, in time, a strong suspicion was raised related with the authenticity of some of the “acquired” documents found in a CD, which has been found between the documents acquired by Baransu and whose originals were found later on at Gölcük. Date, name, system and rank inconsistencies, and the court committee’s disregard towards this, have activated another question (from the point of many people, including myself).
Could this be a case, which is being used by the “autonomous structure” and which is desired to be turned into a liquidation and sovereignty operation with fake data mixed within correct findings?
This opinion was and is as persuasive as the coup attempt and data.
Thus, as the actions and tissue of the Gülen-led group are being revealed, and the judiciary structure is changing, evidence related with this suspicion increased. Ultimately, the Constitutional Court suggested a violation of rights fixation and a re-trial in this direction.
Coup-mindsetted people, purists and victims…
Rights and wrongs all together…
Today, the Sledgehammer truth includes both sides.
However, when the fiction in a criminal case includes “fakes” alongside the “rights” in evidences and documents, then the criminal charges will drop.
Today, this case is advancing towards that direction.
We should be happy with this, because many people, whose rights had been violated and who are facing unfair accusations, will be vindicated in this way. As for the masterminds behind the coup pointed by the voice records; they will always be remembered as coup-mindsetted people in consciousnesses and documents even though they managed to save their skin.
No matter what the ones, who are trying to keep the Gülen-led group away from this with their political tendencies and who are creating new political arrays in their minds, will say, this is the picture that is the closest to truth.
There is also another aspect to this.
If a forgery is being talked about, then; who did it, who are the responsible ones behind it, where does Baransu stand in this, had a part of the press been used within this context and been used as operators?
These are important questions.
Within the frame of law, they are waiting for answers with solid evidence.
If the question “How were the documents, which are claimed to be fake, in the Sledghammer Case prepared and by whom?” is revealed within the rules of law, then the fight (in my opinion a just case), that will be put up against the Gülen-led group, will be plausible and legitimate.
If not, then Turkey will continue being imprisoned to schizophrenic arguments like “Who is the conspirator; Çetin Doğan or Mehmet Baransu?”…
