Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Turkish court convicts former military chief of plotting to overthrow government

[JURIST] A Turkish court on Monday convicted the country's former military chief of plotting to overthrow the government and sentenced him to life in prison. Retired general Ilker Basbug [personal website, in Turkish; BBC profile] was arrested [JURIST report] in 2012 for his alleged involvement with the Ergenekon [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] network, a secular group suspected of planning to overthrow [JURIST report] the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) [party website, in Turkish]. Basbug was one of some...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/08/turkish-court-convicts-former-military-chief-of-plotting-to-overthrow-government.php

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