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The court to prosecute former minister and head of the police department Mehmet Ağar for his connection in the Susurluk conspiracy has finally been determined. Ağar’s hearing will start at the 11th High Criminal Court of Ankara on February 9.

Today, the 3rd High Criminal Court dismissed the case for lack of jurisdiction and sent Ağar’s Susurluk case to the 11th High Criminal Court, the court assigned to terrorism and organized crime cases. Ağar did not come to the trial.

The prosecution of former minister and head of the police department Mehmet Ağar for his connection in the Susurluk conspiracy will start tomorrow. He is accused of forming an armed organization and helping known convicts to get guns and passports.

Former police chief and a top figure in one of the major conspiracies against the Turkish democracy will face the court on November 11. The lawyers of the Contemporary Jurist Association are calling upon lawyers to join the trial.

Contemporary Jurists Association argues that as long as the political, economic and social system stays intact, what is uncovered in Ergenekon will repeat itself.

The Supreme Court of Appeals rejected Ağar’s case on the grounds that he was a governor at the time of the crime. Ağar has been under investigation for some time in the Susurluk conspiracy.