"The Turkish Leviathan under arrest?
Saturday, January 26, 2008
The hottest news in Turkey these days is the arrest and questioning of the members of a covert ultra-nationalist cell called 'Ergenekon.' Among the 33 members of this cell, there are notorious celebrities such as the retired general Veli Küçük, the shadowy name believed to be one of the masterminds of Turkey's 'deep state,' and lawyer Kemal Kerinçsiz, who has sued many liberal intellectuals for 'insulting Turkishness.' According to their confessions leaked to the press, the group's aim was to stop the EU accession and liberalization process, and force a military coup to overthrow the AKP (Justice and Development Party) government, which they saw as non-nationalist and treacherous."
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