Posted on 07/15/2008 3:18:17 PM PDT by forkinsocket
ISTANBUL Eighty-six people, including writers, members of civil organizations and former military officers, were charged Monday with membership in an illegal ultranationalist organization and of plotting to overthrow the Turkish government.
Speaking at a televised news conference, the Istanbul chief prosecutor, Aykut Cengiz Engin, refused to give details of the case against the ultranationalist and hard-line secular organization, known as Ergenekon, because the case had not yet been formally accepted by the court.
But he said the suspects, 48 of them in police custody and the others free while awaiting trial, were charged with forming, managing and aiding the organization, which is accused of plotting a coup against the Islamic-rooted, governing Justice and Development Party, or AKP.
The 2,455-page indictment is widely perceived in Turkey as being part of a power struggle between the secular establishment, including parts of the military, and the democratically elected and religiously conservative government.
In another case currently before Turkeys highest court, AKP and its leadership are charged with introducing religion into government and violating the secular principles on which the Turkish state was founded. Prosecutors seek to disband the party.
The possible coup emerged when a cache of weapons, explosives and illegal documents was found in the home of an ultranationalist retired military officer during a security operation 13 months ago.
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Shame.
They could have waited. Thanksgiving is months away.
At least we know the coup wouldn't involve an aerial assault.
Bad news. Erdogan needs to get overthrown, and the Imams silenced completely. I, for one, do not think Ataturk went far enough in trying to secularize the country.
“As God is my witness...I thought turkeys could fly.”
86 Charged in Turkey Soup Plot.
Nasty stuff. I made turkey soup a couple of month ago and swore I would never ever do it again.
Chicken soup yes. Turkey soup no.
May those 86 be made to eat turkey soup for the rest of there stinkin turkey lives.
The question begs, does one want to sour with the eagles or fly with the turkeys?
Oh Shi’ite, Shi’ite, Shi’ite.
sour = soar.
I am so embarrassed!!!
Paper bag over head. Two slits for eyes.
there = their
I see I need to hit the sack very soon.
I am quite tired.
Until tomorrow.
Eighty-six people, including writers, members of civil organizations and former military officers, were charged Monday with membership in an illegal ultranationalist organization and of plotting to overthrow the Turkish government... charged with forming, managing and aiding the organization, which is accused of plotting a coup against the Islamic-rooted, governing Justice and Development Party, or AKP. The 2,455-page indictment is widely perceived in Turkey as being part of a power struggle between the secular establishment, including parts of the military, and the democratically elected and religiously conservative government. In another case currently before Turkey's highest court, AKP and its leadership are charged with introducing religion into government and violating the secular principles on which the Turkish state was founded. Prosecutors seek to disband the party. The possible coup emerged when a cache of weapons, explosives and illegal documents was found in the home of an ultranationalist retired military officer during a security operation 13 months ago.
thanks forkinsocket.
Normalization to boost Turkey, Iraq trade to $30 bln
Hurriyet | July 14, 2008 | Staff
Posted on 07/14/2008 3:49:48 AM PDT by forkinsocket
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045088/posts
Honor killing perpetrators welcomed by society, study reveals ( ROP )
Feza Newspaper | 12 July 2008 | Murat Gezer
Posted on 07/15/2008 1:31:06 PM PDT by george76
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045940/posts
Bad news for those in charge when Atatürk’s Army says enuff.
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Secularize the parastate of Turkey? By provoking the Muslim Turks to butcher every Christian living there? No he should have genocided every last Christian and he missed a few. Today Turkey is 99.9% Muslims..secular? Only in your fantasies.
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