Turkey: Government Now Claims Trials That Helped it Consolidate Power Were a Sham
February 27, 2014 - 12:04pm, by Yigal Schleifer
The massive Ergenekon and Balyoz trials, which helped send a large number of high-profile Turks (numerous generals among them) to jail on charges of planning a coup, were hailed by many as an important step in finally confronting the troubling history of Turkey's "Deep State" and in finally breaking the military's unhealthy hold on political life.
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