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Nordic Group Publishes Alleged Turkish Plan for Military Invasion of Greece
Philip Chrysopoulos
42 mins ago
Turkish warships. File photo
Turkey allegedly had a plan to invade Greece using as a codename the name of an 11th century Turkish military commander who ruled an independent state during the Byzantine era, according to documents just published by the Nordic Monitor.
The report shows a Power Point presentation prepared by Turkey’s General Staff for an internal planning review. The plan is a secret military operation named “TSK Cakabey Harekat Planlama Direktifi” (Turkish Armed Forces Caka Bey Operation Planning Directive).
The document has a date of June 13, 2014, suggesting that it was likely updated and finalized on that date after a review of an earlier version. According to Nordic Monitor it is presumably still active.
The documents were discovered in a court case file in Ankara, where investigating prosecutor Serdar Coskun, a supporter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, appears to have forgotten to remove the classified documents before submitting them to the Ankara 17th High Criminal Court.
The documents were collected from the General Staff headquarters during an investigation into the failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016. Among them was the invasion plan for Greece, which had been shared among General Staff commanders since they use a secure internal email communications system.
The prosecutor had ordered the military to forward copies of all emails, including the encrypted ones, on August 1, 2016, two weeks after the failed coup. No communication was found in the emails indicating that a coup was planned.
The document regarding the plan to invade Greece bears the name of a popular war hero in Turkey, Caka Bey, the man who led the first-ever Turkish military expedition in the Aegean.
Bey’s forces wrested control over the islands, including Lesvos, Samos, Chios and Rhodes, as well as some territory along the Aegean coastline, from the Byzantine Empire between 1088 and 1091.
Some call Bey the “Founding Father of the Turkish Navy.”
The Erdogan government has been promoting the legacy of Caka Bey for years. House Speaker Binali Yıldırım, another Erdogan loyalist who has served as prime minister, launched a campaign in 2010 to commemorate Bey’s achievements.
The document discovered recently does not have any details other than the name and the updated date of the plan. The details of the invasion must have been marked “Top Secret” — and as such, could not be shared through the intranet system run on the email exchange servers of the Turkish military.
Such documents can only be transmitted through a special communications system, according to the report.
According to Nordic Monitor, the Power Point document appears to have been prepared for presentation at headquarters as a contingency plan with regard to military developments in Syria.
The Turkish military was assessing its capabilities and troop commitments according to various planning directives in effect. They wanted to maintain their offensive and deterrence capabilities on the western front while moving some troops and equipment to the Syrian border.
The review of the documents also indicates that the General Staff allegedly panicked eight months later over possible fallout from the revelation of the sensitive documents, and began sounding the alarm. The first warning letter was written on March 8, 2017 by Lt. Gen. Ugur Tarcın, head of the General Staff Communication, Electronic and Information Systems (MEBS).
Tarcin allegedly warned the legal department of Turkey’s General Staff that the documents contained secret documents regarding the country’s national security, including classified intelligence reports and operations in Syria and the eastern Mediterranean. He said the documents must be kept secret and not be shared with any unauthorized individuals.
Acting on the advice of the MEBS commander, the General Staff’s deputy legal counsel Col. Aydın Sevis wrote to the Ankara 17th High Criminal Court on August 24, 2017, repeating the same concerns about the secret documents, and urged the establishment of a commission to screen the documents.
However, Turkish prosecutors appeared to have paid no attention to that and included all the emails, with their attachments of secret documents, in the case file, exposing the highly-classified information — including the name of the invasion plan for Greece.
The Erdogan government’s aggressive stance toward both Greece and Cyprus has been apparent since 2013. It appears to be a smokescreen for major corruption investigations which incriminate the Turkish president, as well as his family members and business and political associates.
Furthermore, in order to make it appear that he is fighting for his country’s interests, the Turkish President has been painting Greece and Cyprus as the villains who are trying to monopolize the natural resources of the Aegean.
Erdogan’s latest provocation is his plan to convert Hagia Sophia, currently a museum and UNESCO World Heritage monument, into a mosque, triggering strong negative reactions from Greece and Europe.
Categories: Greek news, Military, Politics
Tags: Aegean, Greece, Greece news, Greek news, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, turkey
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Nordic Group Publishes Alleged Turkish Plan for Military Invasion of Greece
42 mins ago
Turkish warships. File photo
Turkey allegedly had a plan to invade Greece using as a codename the name of an 11th century Turkish military commander who ruled an independent state during the Byzantine era, according to documents just published by the Nordic Monitor.
The report shows a Power Point presentation prepared by Turkey’s General Staff for an internal planning review. The plan is a secret military operation named “TSK Cakabey Harekat Planlama Direktifi” (Turkish Armed Forces Caka Bey Operation Planning Directive).
The document has a date of June 13, 2014, suggesting that it was likely updated and finalized on that date after a review of an earlier version. According to Nordic Monitor it is presumably still active.
The documents were discovered in a court case file in Ankara, where investigating prosecutor Serdar Coskun, a supporter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, appears to have forgotten to remove the classified documents before submitting them to the Ankara 17th High Criminal Court.
The documents were collected from the General Staff headquarters during an investigation into the failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016. Among them was the invasion plan for Greece, which had been shared among General Staff commanders since they use a secure internal email communications system.
The prosecutor had ordered the military to forward copies of all emails, including the encrypted ones, on August 1, 2016, two weeks after the failed coup. No communication was found in the emails indicating that a coup was planned.
The document regarding the plan to invade Greece bears the name of a popular war hero in Turkey, Caka Bey, the man who led the first-ever Turkish military expedition in the Aegean.
Bey’s forces wrested control over the islands, including Lesvos, Samos, Chios and Rhodes, as well as some territory along the Aegean coastline, from the Byzantine Empire between 1088 and 1091.
Some call Bey the “Founding Father of the Turkish Navy.”
The Erdogan government has been promoting the legacy of Caka Bey for years. House Speaker Binali Yıldırım, another Erdogan loyalist who has served as prime minister, launched a campaign in 2010 to commemorate Bey’s achievements.
The document discovered recently does not have any details other than the name and the updated date of the plan. The details of the invasion must have been marked “Top Secret” — and as such, could not be shared through the intranet system run on the email exchange servers of the Turkish military.
Such documents can only be transmitted through a special communications system, according to the report.
According to Nordic Monitor, the Power Point document appears to have been prepared for presentation at headquarters as a contingency plan with regard to military developments in Syria.
The Turkish military was assessing its capabilities and troop commitments according to various planning directives in effect. They wanted to maintain their offensive and deterrence capabilities on the western front while moving some troops and equipment to the Syrian border.
The review of the documents also indicates that the General Staff allegedly panicked eight months later over possible fallout from the revelation of the sensitive documents, and began sounding the alarm. The first warning letter was written on March 8, 2017 by Lt. Gen. Ugur Tarcın, head of the General Staff Communication, Electronic and Information Systems (MEBS).
Tarcin allegedly warned the legal department of Turkey’s General Staff that the documents contained secret documents regarding the country’s national security, including classified intelligence reports and operations in Syria and the eastern Mediterranean. He said the documents must be kept secret and not be shared with any unauthorized individuals.
Acting on the advice of the MEBS commander, the General Staff’s deputy legal counsel Col. Aydın Sevis wrote to the Ankara 17th High Criminal Court on August 24, 2017, repeating the same concerns about the secret documents, and urged the establishment of a commission to screen the documents.
However, Turkish prosecutors appeared to have paid no attention to that and included all the emails, with their attachments of secret documents, in the case file, exposing the highly-classified information — including the name of the invasion plan for Greece.
The Erdogan government’s aggressive stance toward both Greece and Cyprus has been apparent since 2013. It appears to be a smokescreen for major corruption investigations which incriminate the Turkish president, as well as his family members and business and political associates.
Furthermore, in order to make it appear that he is fighting for his country’s interests, the Turkish President has been painting Greece and Cyprus as the villains who are trying to monopolize the natural resources of the Aegean.
Erdogan’s latest provocation is his plan to convert Hagia Sophia, currently a museum and UNESCO World Heritage monument, into a mosque, triggering strong negative reactions from Greece and Europe.
Categories: Greek news, Military, Politics
Tags: Aegean, Greece, Greece news, Greek news, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, turkey
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