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Turkish police arrest dozens over alleged coup plot

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] Turkish police on Wednesday arrested approximately 40 people, including three retired generals, in an investigation of an alleged plot to overthrow the government of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). Police searched the home of the country's former top prosecutor, Sabih Kanadoglu. Police also arrested the former head of the police anti-terror unit, a journalist, and a professor in the continued probe of the Ergenekon group, in which dozens of suspects are already on trial. On Thursday, Gen. Ilker Basbug, the army's top officer, met with Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan in response to the arrest of the former generals. In October, the High Criminal Court in Istanbul began the trial of 86 defendants in the coup investigation. The accused are said to belong to the secular Ergenekon group, believed responsible for bombing the headquarters of the newspaper Cumhuriyet, assassinating Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, and planning other attacks to provoke a military coup to topple the AKP. Among those on trial are journalists, intellectuals, and Turkish Workers' Party leader Dogu Perincek. Critics allege that the AKP has improperly investigated secular groups as part of a drive to impose Islamic principles on the country in violation of the its secular constitution.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on January 08, 2009 (boomark / email).