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Turkey to try 196 suspected of plotting a coup
[Al Arabiya Latest] Turkish prosecutors have indicted 196 people, including several former heads of service, over accusations they plotted a coup against the Islamist-rooted government, reports said on Monday.According to the indictment cited by the Anatolia news agency, the plan was drawn up at the Istanbul base of the First Army shortly after the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in November 2002. The First Army's former top general Cetin Dogan is the chief suspect while former navy chief admiral Ozden Ornek, former air force commander general Halil Ibrahim Firtina, and the former number two of the general staff, retired general Ergin Saygun, are also among those charged. Posted by: Fred 2010-07-20 |
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