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Turkey's ex-army chief decries ‘smear campaign’ against him

Turkey's ex-army chief decries ‘smear campaign’ against him

ANKARA

Former Chief of General Staff Gen. İlker Başbuğ, who has been sentenced to life in prison as part of the Ergenekon coup plot trial, has claimed that he is the target of a smear campaign seeking to legitimize a case that he dubs “obviously unrighteous.”

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