Ergenekon verdict is a dark chapter in Turkey’s history
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When a Turkish court August 5 handed down sentences against 275 people in the so-called “Ergenekon” case, including a life sentence in prison for a former military chief of staff, it brought to a close a disquieting five-year chapter in the country’s political history. Official manipulation of the courts as a means to suppress dissent is by no means unique to Turkey. But the Ergenekon case – in addition to raising serious questions about illegal evidence-gathering and other abuses of the legal system – has been a particularly insidious example of how a government can deploy security fears to take out a far wider array of its political opponents.
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