Bahceli and Yilmaz watched Hizbullah's videos. The leaders could stand
ten minutes to torture records.
The coalition leaders are shocked in a visual briefing by the Minister
of the Interior Saadettin Tantan on Hizbullah's cruelty. Deputy Prime
Ministers
Devlet Bahceli, Husamettin Ozkan and the leader of the Motherland
Party Mesut Yilmaz, could stand only ten minutes to three video records
including the torture by Hizbullah militants. Answering Milliyet's questions
Saadettin Tantan said the video records are only a small part of the
material.
On the other hand the coalition leaders plan to hold a summit on Sunday
before the General Staff meeting on Jan., 31. The leaders decided to make an
academic assembly to examine the videos and not to publicise the records
until the judgement process in an assessment after the briefing.
Authorities stated that the assessment is a two - way one, first considering
the secrecy of evidence until the trial is launched and the other is the
possible negative psychological effect of the records on the public. The
leaders also underlined that the children should not be allowed to watch, if
the records are broadcast on TV.
ANAP leader Mesut Yilmaz declined to give any statement after the meeting
and said an experts group will decide whether the videos are to be broadcast
or not.