On April 13, Turkish police arrested the dean of a leading university in
connection with the so-called Ergenekon group. In all, 18 people were
arrested, including two former university deans.
"Turkey is on the right track," Yazici said.
The Turkish General Staff has expressed concern over the arrests. So
far, the military has not directly intervened in the investigation.
Officials said authorities were also targeting the head of a Turkish
secular group, the Ataturk Thought Association, with branches throughout the
country and organizer of anti-government demonstrations in 2007. They said
the home of acting chairman Mustafa Yurtkuran has been searched as part of
the more than year-long investigation.
"This is an operation against the intellectuals of this country," Kemal
Kilicdaroglu, an opposition leader in parliament, said.
