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Thursday, February 18, 2010

Arrest revives Turkish judicial conflict

"Arrest revives Turkish judicial conflict

By Delphine Strauss in Ankara

Published: February 19 2010 00:01 | Last updated: February 19 2010 00:01

The charges brought in December against Ilhan Cihaner, a prosecutor in Turkey’s eastern city of Erzincan, did not at first seem the stuff of national crisis. His colleagues in nearby Erzurum complained he had abused his position, falsifying documents so he could build himself a gazebo in the shared gardens of judiciary housing."

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