Friday, May 27, 2011

Generals questioned as Turkey's pre-poll tensions show | Reuters

"Generals questioned as Turkey's pre-poll tensions show

Nilgul Dogan, wife of retired General Cetin Dogan, poses in front of her husband's election campaign banner at the campaign office in Istanbul May 25, 2011. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

ISTANBUL | Fri May 27, 2011 11:23am EDT

(Reuters) - Five serving generals, two colonels and an admiral appeared in an Istanbul court on Friday for questioning over an alleged 2003 plot to unseat the government of Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan."

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