Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Court cases sharpen Turkey divide

Court cases sharpen Turkey divide

By Roger Hardy,
Middle East analyst, BBC News

Turkish Prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, 13 July 2008
Mr Erdogan's AKP stands accused of subverting Turkey's secular system
Two court cases in Turkey are deepening the rift between secularists and a government with Islamist roots.

At the heart of the latest political crisis in Turkey is a shadowy ultra-nationalist group called Ergenekon.

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