Turkey decides to cast the blame for Ergenekon on Armenians

PanARMENIAN.Net - Well-known Turkish journalist and analyst of Milliyet paper Hasan Cemal, grandson of an organizer of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire, minister of marine Cemal Pasha, wrote in a publication that famous writer, journalist, editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet paper Ilhan Selcuk, who died in 2010, was of Armenian descent.

Referring to Selcuk’s Armenian origin, journalist of Liberal Ses news website Tuncay Opcin confirmed the statements of Hasan Cemal, citing information obtained from his Armenian friend. “I learned from my Armenian friend that Ilhan Selcuk’s mother was Armenian, while his aunt was buried at an Armenian cemetery of Sisli.”

“There have always been conversations about Ilhan Selcuk’s descent. But there was no certain data on it. Today, Hasan Cemal has revealed this secret,” Zaman reported.

In 2008, Ilhan Selcuk was detained as part of an investigation on Ergenekon terrorist organization. According to the Turkish media, Ilhan Selcuk was the ideologist of Ergenekon. Selcuk is not the only “Armenian” arrested with respect to the case on Ergenekon. Earlier leader of Workers’ Party Dogu Perincek, who allegedly is also of Armenian descent, was detained and later arrested.