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Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Turkey confronts past with coup leader trial  | ajc.com

Turkey confronts past with coup leader trial

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA

The Associated Press

ISTANBUL — Turkey confronted a flashpoint of its divisive past on Wednesday when a court opened the trial of two elderly leaders of a 1980 military coup, yet the legal system that they implemented still steers the country despite advances toward full democracy.

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