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Saturday, October 18, 2008

Turkish court to hear high-profile coup case

"Turkish court to hear high-profile coup case
Ibon Villelabeitia , Reuters
Published: Friday, October 17, 2008

ANKARA (Reuters) - A shadowy right-wing group goes on trial in Turkey on Monday on charges of trying to topple Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's government.

Eighty-six people, including retired army officers, the head of a small nationalist party and journalists, have been indicted in an investigation that has highlighted a power struggle between the ruling AK Party and the secularist establishment."

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