Justice minister: "Ergenekon is a normal trial"

Justice Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin yesterday met with his Egyptian counterpart Mamdouh Marei. Afterwards, Sahin told a press conference that the Ergenekon trial was one of many trials being heard throughout Turkey and added, "The prosecutors on the case aren't committing a miscarriage of justice, but are judging according to the laws before them and the evidence they have." On controversy over the trial venue, Sahin said that the panel of judges had decided where the trial would be held and added, "Let's not exaggerate things. Soon the problems of the trial's first days should be largely solved."