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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Not all tension in Turkey is West v Islam | The Australian

"Not all tension in Turkey is West v Islam

A HISTORIC power struggle is afoot in a Muslim-majority country of the greatest importance to the future of the Islamic world and to the West's relationship with it: Turkey.

In October 2008, prosecutors launched a case against a broad array of figures, including senior military officers, journalists and academics, who were formerly considered untouchable. According to indictments, the defendants belonged to a network called Ergenekon (after a mythical Turkish valley) that was determined to sow chaos to pave the way for a military coup against the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government."

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