[HCDX] Dangerous ultra-nationalist group threatens radio

["Zacharias Liangas " <greekdx@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dangerous ultra-nationalist group threatens radio
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=21499
Reporters Without Borders today condemned the death threats made 
yesterday against the employees of Istanbul-based O^zgu"r Radyo and 
called on the government to take the safety of journalists more 
seriously. ?In the light of previous tragic events in Turkey, especially the 
murder of newspaper editor Hrant Dink, it is vital that the authorities 
take measures to protect O^zgu"r Radyo?s staff,? the organisation said..

Yesterday?s threats were made by the Turkish Vengeance Brigade 
(TIT) in the form of an email that reached the ?Investigation? section of 
the station?s website (ozgurradyo.com) and contained direct death 
threats against the station?s staff.

?Stop broadcasting separatist programmes,? the email said. ?We are 
watching you and we know where your homes are. This message is our 
last warning. The Turk has reawakened and the Turk?s rage will 
annihilate those who aim to divide the motherland. If you do not stop 
betraying Turkey, your end will be the same as the others. Your destiny 
will be the same as that of the other traitors.? The threats were 
repeated yesterday evening. The station?s representatives reported the 
matter to the police today.

The TIT made threats against the Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos the 
day after Dink, its editor, was gunned down outside its offices. The 
group was responsible for the May 1998 attack on Akin Birdal, the 
former head of the Human Rights Association (IHD), and for death 
threats against lawyer Eren Keskin and singer Ferhat Tunc,.

A TIT member, Semih Tufan Gu"naltay, received a 19-year prison 
sentence from an Ankara assizes court in 1999 for the attempted 
murder of Birdal, who was shot eight times but survived. After serving 
four and a half years of the sentence, Gu"naltay was released under an 
amnesty law.

Five journalists were give police protection on the orders of Prime 
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, after Dink?s murder. They are Etyen 
Mahcupyan (Agos? new managing editor and a columnist for the daily 
Zaman), Ahmet Hakan Coskun (Hu"rriyet), Soli O"zel (Sabah), Fehmi 
Koru (Yeni Safak) and Ismet Berkan, the managing editor of the daily 
Radikal.

Nobel literature laureate Orhan Pamuk and fellow author Elif Shafak, 
who was acquitted on a charge of ?insulting national identity? in his 
novel ?The Bastard of Istanbul,? have also been placed under police 
protection. But threats have continued to me made against academics, 
editors and reporters, some of who are still without protection.

http://zlgr.multiply.com (raidio monitoring site plus audio clips )
http://www.worldisround.com/articles/302315/ (Litohoro) 321199/Tinos 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zachgr    pictures upload 
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on my main : www.geocities.com/zliangas 
-tty-px.html : test of various TTY programs
-ethics.htm    : greek ethics , days and institutions 
-frape.htm: the greek way of cofee !!! 
Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece 
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