Turkish Digest Advertising Rates

Annual Advertising options

Friday, December 05, 2008

Turkey's Sinister Blend of Watergate and the Dreyfus Affair

"Turkey's Sinister Blend of Watergate and the Dreyfus Affair
Inside the Ergenekon Case

By ECE TEMELKURAN

Turkey is facing a new round in her relationship with democracy. Opponents of the Islamic governing party, known as the AK for the initials of its Turkish name, are being accused being members of a secret state gang called Ergenekon. The trials in this case, which are expected to last for years, began last month. The sinister undertow portends the likelihood that Turkey is about to experience its own version of a 'colored revolution'."

More:Andrew Cockburn: What's Wrong with the U.S. Military