Members of the armed forces were also mentioned during the investigation, but high level officers, summoned to testify in front of the parliamentary committee, refused to turn up. The frustration of the judges who tried the Susurluk defendants was evident in their verdict. Parliament should find out who was politically responsible. In recent weeks, several events have raised renewed concerns that efforts are under way to destabilise the South-east, which has enjoyed two years of relative peace since the arrest of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan. The two men, who had written to the authorities in Ankara to complain they had received death threats from security officials, vanished after being summoned to the gendarmerie headquarters in Silopi on January 25.
Witnesses claim the kidnappers wore masks and uniforms.
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