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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

BBC News - Turkey plot: Ex-army chief Ilker Basbug kept in custody

Turkey plot: Ex-army chief Ilker Basbug kept in custody
Gen Ilker Basbug at a military exercise in Izmir, May 2010 Gen Basbug was military chief of staff from 2008 to 2010

A Turkish court has rejected a request to free former military chief Gen Ilker Basbug as he awaits charges over an alleged coup plot, state media report.

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