TURKEY-PRESS SCAN (2)

ANKARA (A.A) - These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in Turkish press on February 19, 2011. The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

VATAN
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"HIS TREATMENT WAS INADEQUATE"
The investigation into Ergenekon terrorist organization has been broadened so that it covered the times when former prime minister Bulent Ecevit received treatment at the Baskent University Hospital. According to a report of the Forensic Medicine Institute, Ecevit was admitted to the Baskent University Hospital between May 17 to 27, 2002 for a rib fracture and Parkinson's disease. The report said there was negligence in Ecevit's treatment. The Forensic Medicine said Ecevit's rib fracture was treated fully but Parkinson's disease treatment was inadequate. Bulent Ecevit's spouse Rahsan Ecevit took the former prime minister home when his disease was at the severest level, and Bulent Ecevit got well and returned to his office shortly after he went home. Professor Mehmet Haberal is the chief doctor of the Baskent University Hospital.

EVERY CITIZEN'S LIVING STYLE IS OUR OWN HONOR
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan responded to criticisms of "fear emperor" as "every citizen's living style is our own honor". Erdogan said, "we are trying to understand concerns and fears of everybody."

"THEY WERE ARRESTED WITH ILLICIT EVIDENCE"
OdaTV's owner Soner Yalcin and two administrators of the TV channel were arrested early on Friday. Lawyers claimed that a file loaded on OdaTV computer led to the arrest of the administrators. Lawyer Huseyin Ersoz said, "a virus file was sent to the computer, and the prosecutor's office showed this file regarding Ergenekon as an evidence. We have investigated, and explained that it was a virus file. The judge said, 'it is a technical issue and you will explain it when you object' and arrested them."

CUMHURIYET
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VISIT OF HIGHEST LEVEL
General Staff Chief Gen. Isik Kosaner, Naval Forces Commander Ugur Yigit and First Army Commander Hayri Kivrikoglu visited the Balyoz (Sledgehammer) case suspects at Hasdal Military Prison. The visit lasted for almost 3.5 hours. Numerous generals and admirals are currently kept at Hasdal.

ORDER FOR MARCH 2
The Turkish Cypriot delegation which held talks in the Turkish capital of Ankara was advised "to implement the economic package in order not to face any disruption in aids". The Turkish Cypriot officials were also requested not to allow the demonstration to be held on March 2 to be turned into an anti-Turkey protest.

RADIKAL
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ASK ERGENEKON TO DERSIM
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who commented on raid on OdaTV, said the media used to headline stories under instruction until eight years ago, however it was free today. Erdogan said the sensitivity showed about OdaTV's owner Soner Yalcin was not showed to PKK's assassination target Mehmet Metiner. Responding to Republican People's Party (CHP) chairman Kemal Kilicdaroglu's question where the Ergenekon organization was, Erdogan said, "ask your relatives in Dersim, they will explain it to you."

ARE 233 BULLETS NOT INEVITABLE?
Two villagers who were collecting thyme in Cardak Plateau in the southern province of Hatay were killed due to a fire opened by soldiers in the morning of June 28, 2010. They were killed just because they were thought to be terrorist organization PKK members, and the prosecutor's office said, "the mistake is inevitable." The Hatay Prosecutor's Office prepared an indictment in which it said the clothes and behaviors of the villagers resembled "PKK militants". For the 233 bullets used by soldiers against the villagers who were 40 meters away from them, the prosecutor's office said, "they can make a mistake." The office said, "nobody can be punished for fulfilling the provisions of laws." The prosecutors demanded the court to try three of the soldiers on charges of "killing by negligence." If the court find the demand appropriate, soldiers will not be punished.