"'Defenders of Ataturk' on trial for plotting to overthrow government
Posted by The Independent
* Tuesday, 21 July 2009 at 02:50 am
Author: By Nicholas Birch in Istanbul
For some, the arrest of the highest-ranking officers in Turkey's 63-year history of multi-party democracy is a critical blow against a once-untouchable military that has toppled four elected governments since 1960.
For others, the charges are an invention of the ruling AKP party to weaken the secular army and open the way for the country's Islamisation."
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