"Academics charged in Turkey's alleged 'Ergenekon' plot
Posted : Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:17:55 GMT
Ankara - A group of academics and others have been formally charged with being members of the so-called Ergenekon conspiracy to overthrow Turkey's moderate Islamist government, local media reported Friday. Professor Mehmet Haberal - Rector of Baskent University in Ankara and the owner of television station Kanal B - three former university rectors, other academics and two members of secular non-governmental organizations were all charged Friday morning with being involved in the Ergenekon plot, which allegedly planned a nationalist, secular coup."
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