Turkey indicts 86 over alleged coup plot

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Series Details 15.7.08
Publication Date 15/07/2008
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Prosecutors in Turkey charged 86 people on the 14 July 2008y with plotting to overthrow the government, in a widening investigation into a shadowy far-right organisation with alleged links to retired military officers.

The investigation into Ergenekon is widely viewed as part of a long-running power struggle between the government, with its Islamic leanings, and the secular elite, including the military. It is also being linked to a judicial process against the government that could see the ruling AK party shut down and its leaders, including Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister, banished from public life.

Related Links
ESO: Background information: Arrests in Turkish coup probe http://www.europeansources.info/record/arrests-in-turkish-coup-probe/
BBC News, 14.7.08: Turkey charges 86 for 'coup plot' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7504900.stm
BBC News, 22.1.09: More arrests in Turkey coup probe http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7845375.stm

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