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According to the article, the investigation by the Smyrna Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, launched in 2011, reveals, among other things that: some branches of the military practically turned into Swiss cheese with so many holes leaking sensitive military information. The indictment mentions 357 suspects, with Bilgin Ozkaynak being the leader of the gang. Of the suspects 93 are under arrest and 55 of them are active officers on duty in the Turkish military. The indictment also mentions 831 victims and 196 co-plaintiffs.
The article says that this alleged scandal is not going to be limited to Turkey because, in his opinion, the US and NATO military alliance’s security measures were also compromised. The documents were apparently seized from suspects who blackmailed their victims over sexual encounters, who -the article claims- were hired by the gang. The group then either sold or planned to sell these sensitive documents to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK). What is really shocking is that the columnist then says that this whole operation had Greek-based network activity.
So what were the alleged documents about?
According to the columnist, the classified information included:
- Plans And Itinerary For Aegean On Possible War With Greece - Turkish warplanes were supposed to patrol above the Aegean Sea as part of routine preparations against the possibility of an unexpected war with Greece but the gang spoiled the military’s plans by sending the planes’ itinerary to the Greek authorities. The indictment said the itinerary information was sent to the Greek authorities within seven minutes of the Turkish military authorities making their decision on which itinerary the warplanes would use. Metin Kubilay Kaslı was identified as the supplier of this information.
- Blind spots of Turkish radar - Another damaging leak was provided by Ahmet Gokcul, who had disclosed the radar coverage of Turkish airspace by fixed and mobile radar units. It also listed the potential coverage from the Airborne Warning and Control System that Turkey will be acquiring soon. The fact that documents included a map with white areas indicating blind spots and gaps in radar coverage should be damaging to Turkey’s national security. The note says this map was forwarded via Cem Eriş to a colonel who is the director of operations at the Greek Larissa Air Force Base.
- Air Force Operations - According to the same article, other documents provided by Cem Uyguner apparently reveal highly classified information on contingency planning for the 192nd squadron units for the Milas-Bodrum Airport (an international airport in Turkey close to the Greek islands.) The documents apparently disclose protocols, personnel lists, the number of fighter jets, their duty rosters, and landing/parking zones during wartime. The gang describes the leak as highly valuable.
- Turkish Attache in Athens - Another suspect by the name of Fatih Sengul apparently supplied a copy of a classified report on the Greek military’s capabilities which was supposedly prepared by a Turkish military attache in Athens. In this accusation, the columnist said that the gang apparently asked its contacts to link up with a Greek military attache in Ankara to sell the report to Greece. Then the author notes the names of Turkish intelligence operatives Tunc Gunal, Ugur Goksen and Ozgur Acar, who he says had established contact with the Greek military attache before.
- http://www.onalert.gr/stories/ayta-einai-ta-aporrita-sxedia-pou-mas-eklepse-i-ellada
- http://www.newsbomb.gr/prionokordela/diethni/story/274453/zaman-ayta-einai-ta-aporrita-shedia-poy-mas-eklepse-i-ellada
- http://www.todayszaman.com/columnist-305124-spy-ring-compromised-security-of-turkey-us-and-nato-allies.html
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