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Another Perception Operation

Another perception operation and lie of the pro-government media and Perinçek media, which slandered innocent people and damaged their reputation with their fake news and perception operations regarding the July 15 Coup Theater, was busted.

It was revealed that the news about Rear Admiral Sinan Sürer on January 18, 2019 with the allegation that "a plan to divide Turkey was seized in his room" was false and made for perception purposes.

In the defense made by Rear Admiral Sinan Sürer at the hearings of the 17th High Criminal Court of Ankara on 21 - 22 March 2019, it was reflected in the court minutes that the said document was sent to the Chief of General Staff by the National Intelligence Organization, that it was presented to the Chief of Staff of the time, General Necdet Özel, 2nd Chief of General Staff General Yaşar Güler, and Chief of Intelligence Lieutenant General Mehmet Daysal, that various markings were made on the document by Yaşar Güler, that it is possible to easily learn from the relevant unit of the General Staff where the incoming and outgoing documents are recorded the date of arrival of the document to the headquarters and by which institution it was sent, that the said document is a complete translation and if it is examined this can be revealed by an expert, that the General Directorate of Security did not make the most basic examinations on the document, that even though there is no signature in the intelligence documents that come from the National Intelligence Organization, the source of the intelligence information is stated on the cover of the document and this cover was destroyed during the judicial process, that the said document was not prepared by him, and that since he was the Head of the 1st Intelligence Analysis and Evaluation Department of the General Staff at the time in question, it was his duty to have the document in his room.

It is seen in the court minutes regarding the document in question that no criminal charge has been made by the Prosecutor's Office, that the said document was not seen as prepared by Rear Admiral Sinan Sürer by the President of the Court, Oğuz Dik, and that this matter was expressed as "I am the President of the court, this is not the product of your hand."

From the statements of the court committee and Rear Admiral Sinan Sürer, it was revealed that:

• The document was sent to the General Staff by the National Intelligence Organization, 
• The command level had information about the document,
• The document was not prepared by Rear Admiral Sinan Sürer,
• It is natural for the document to be in Rear Admiral Sinan Sürer due to his duty,
• The General Directorate of Security did not even make the most basic examinations on the document,
• The cover of the document which indicates the source of the document was destroyed during the judicial process.

Is it just a coincidence that the proceedings of the members of the so-called Peace at Home Council began after January 18, 2019, when the said document was used by the media for a perception operation? By whom was the document in question served to the media? By whom and for what purpose was the cover of the document destroyed?

It is clearly seen that the justice mechanism has collapsed in a country where perception operations have affected Turkish Courts, fake news in the media are presented as evidence and innocent people are tried on the basis of these so-called evidences and their freedoms are restricted by receiving high penalties.

This perception operation, carried out through Rear Admiral Sinan Sürer, is just one of thousands of examples showing the deplorable situation in which the media, judiciary and justice are in Turkey.

Those who see the state of the judicial mechanism in Turkey and the ongoing injustice in the country will be able to see the reason for the economic crisis in the country.

Our people, who want the economy to improve, must first demand that justice be done and that the oppression of thousands of innocent people ends.