The
plot to topple him, according to Ecevit, was put on the active
agenda after he openly denied the United States any help from
Turkey in the invasion of Iraq. He has also openly denounced
the invasion.
He
identifies Kemal Dervis as the person who sort of managed the
campaign against him, and he and his wife imply that the United
States may have plotted to kill Bülent Ecevit.
As
reported by Kiliç, U.S. President George W. Bush had
tried many times to get Turkey's help in the Iraq war, but soon
it became clear that Ecevit, the prime minister of Turkey of
the time, was openly against the invasion.
Then
the United States started to find ways, without running a new
election, to topple Ecevit and those who agreed with him with
on the 'Iraq problem.'
Kiliç
reports that according to sources in Ankara, Dervis, a close
friend of Paul Wolfowitz, had suddenly become 'very active'
after Ecevit's stubborn stand had become clear. During this
period Dervis, the then minister for economy, disappeared for
12 days without first obtaining permission from his prime minister
and so far, according to Kiliç, nobody knows where he
was.
During
this period Ecevit got very sick. He was known for a long time
to have been facing health problems, but he was suddenly hospitalized
one day. Papers reported rumors that his problem could not be
diagnosed and that he could even die.
During
the interview Kiliç asks Ecevit:
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"Did they attempt to kill you?"
Ecevit
answers:
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"Everybody saw what happened. Judge for yourself."
His
wife, Rahsan Ecevit, interrupted at that point.
She
whispers:
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"My husband does not want me to talk."
She
adds:
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"We will leave a written statement somewhere."
According
to Kiliç, Bülent Ecevit openly stated that the United
States devised a plot against him, during their meeting last
Thursday, March 10.
Was
there also an attempt on his life?
Again,
according to Kiliç, he seemed unwilling to cause the
start of any polemics and was very careful, diplomatic, so he
said:
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"I don't have any clues about the allegation."
Then
he added:
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"You can decide for yourself by looking at what was experienced
then."
But
according to the interviewer he openly stated that on the way
to the split of his party there was a plot and that behind it
was the United States.
A
'close friend' of his is working on the possibility that his
life may have been also targeted at that time, and he reports
that a chemical was injected into his body through meals and
that this chemical abruptly altered his body equilibrium and
that it has become possible to diagnose his illness. They have
come very close to understanding the clues.
