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86 Charged in Turkey Coup Plot
The NY Times ^ | July 15, 2008 | SEBNEM ARSU

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 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: assassinationplot; coup; plot; turkey
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1 posted on 07/15/2008 3:18:17 PM PDT by forkinsocket
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To: forkinsocket

Shame.


2 posted on 07/15/2008 3:20:09 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Kol Hakavod Mossad!)
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To: forkinsocket

They could have waited. Thanksgiving is months away.


3 posted on 07/15/2008 3:23:32 PM PDT by CalifChris
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To: CalifChris
They could have waited. Thanksgiving is months away.

At least we know the coup wouldn't involve an aerial assault.

4 posted on 07/15/2008 3:28:07 PM PDT by politicalwit (AKA... A Tradition Continues...Now a Hoosier Freeper)
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To: forkinsocket

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.


5 posted on 07/15/2008 3:35:56 PM PDT by Clemenza (We are a REPUBLIC, not a "Will of the People" Mobocracy)
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To: politicalwit

“As God is my witness...I thought turkeys could fly.”


6 posted on 07/15/2008 4:10:34 PM PDT by Nik Naym (If Republicans are your problem, Democrats aren't the answer!)
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To: forkinsocket

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.


7 posted on 07/15/2008 4:48:17 PM PDT by Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: Nik Naym

The question begs, does one want to sour with the eagles or fly with the turkeys?


8 posted on 07/15/2008 4:51:08 PM PDT by Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: Nik Naym

Oh Shi’ite, Shi’ite, Shi’ite.

sour = soar.

I am so embarrassed!!!

Paper bag over head. Two slits for eyes.


9 posted on 07/15/2008 4:56:51 PM PDT by Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: forkinsocket

there = their

I see I need to hit the sack very soon.

I am quite tired.

Until tomorrow.


10 posted on 07/15/2008 5:06:48 PM PDT by Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...
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.

11 posted on 07/18/2008 10:00:03 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_________________________Profile updated Friday, May 30, 2008)
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thanks forkinsocket.

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12 posted on 07/18/2008 10:01:04 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_________________________Profile updated Friday, May 30, 2008)
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To: forkinsocket; Clemenza

Bad news for those in charge when Atatürk’s Army says enuff.


13 posted on 07/18/2008 10:07:20 PM PDT by dighton
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To: Clemenza; Kolokotronis; All
I, for one, do not think Ataturk went far enough in trying to secularize the country.

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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.


Secularized Christians

14 posted on 07/19/2008 10:15:56 AM PDT by eleni121 (EN TOUTO NIKA!! +)
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