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Four people were arrested related to the spending of secret funds at the command of Şener Eruygur, who apparently received TL 13,000,000 from the fund. Ergenekon defendant Ersöz stated that all referring documents were destroyed before Eruygur's retirement.

Journalist Bila claimed in the Milliyet newspaper today that former Chiefs of Staff Özkök and Büyükanit are willing to go to court in relation to allegations of coup plans which have become public in a diary alleged to belong to journalist Balbay.

Journalist Mustafa Balbay was arrested as part of the Ergenekon investigation. His request for release has been rejected by the court. His “notes” have been published on the Internet.

The second indictment accuses retired generals Eruygur and Tolon of attempting to overthrow the government. The 1909-page document also discusses relations with the PKK, DHKP-C, Hizbullah and the media.

The General Staff has announced that it sent an official visitor to retired generals Şener Eruygur and Hurşit Tolon, imprisoned suspects for the Ergenekon case. There is no information about the reason and content of the visit.

According to NTV, the Office of the Military Chief Prosecutor asked for the copies of all the information and the documents about the Ergenekon suspects retired generals Eruygur and Tolon and started an investigation about the “Coup Diaries”.