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Turkey set for mass terror trial
by Sanjay Jha | October 20, 2008 at 12:12 am
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On the charges of armed insurrection, aiding terror group and illegal possession of explosives, a group of 86 people are to be tried at a Turkish court. The massive trial held near Istanbul is organised agaisnt Ergenekon group for about 30 charges, including membership of a terrorist group, instigating an armed uprising against the government, arson and illegal possession of weapons. They are also accused of plotting a coup against the country's Islamist-based government.
They are accused of belonging to a shadowy ultra-nationalist network.
Prosecutors say the group plotted a series of attacks aimed at provoking the military into carrying out a coup.
The trial may revive tensions between the ruling AKP party, which has Islamic roots, and the powerful secularist military, correspondents say.
'Deep state'
Among the 86 suspects appearing before the prison-court in Silivri, Istanbul, are retired army generals, politicians, academics and also journalists, who are alleged to be members of the Ergenekon group.
The 2,455-page indictment holds the group responsible for at least two violent attacks - a bombing of a secularist newspaper in 2006 and an attack on a court the same year in which a judge was killed.
October 20, 2008 at 12:12 am by Sanjay Jha, 40 views, 1 comment
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at 01:30 on October 20th, 2008
Sanjay Jha, I like this story. It's good stuff.