"Ergenekon: power and democracy in Turkey
Bill Park, 17 September 2009
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The legal contest over an ultra-nationalist conspiracy in Turkey is at heart about politics rather than justice, says Bill Park.
The series of trials in Turkey investigating the extra-legal activities of the elusive ultra-nationalist organisation "Ergenekon" reached a crucial stage on 3 August 2009 with the acceptance by the Istanbul chief public prosecutor of the third indictment presented to it. In subsequent weeks hearings relating to the case have been merged with those investigating the second indictment, which centres on alleged coup plots against the government headed by Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi (AKP)."
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