Jul 27, 2008
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TURKISH POLITICS NOW PLAYS OUT IN COURTROOMS Spero News July 25 2008 Arrests and revelations in the investigation of the far-right Ergenekon reveals divisions within the bastions of secularism. Two retired generals are among those arrested. Friday, July 25, 2008 By Ioannis Grigoriadis Turkish politics seem to have been taking place decreasingly in parliament and increasingly in courtrooms. A series of revelations and arrests in the investigation into a far-right nationalist group known as Ergenekon is now attracting attention away from the closure case against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). Many commentators have made a careful distinction between what they call the "small" and the "big" Ergenekon. The "small" Ergenekon refers to a group of officers, lawyers, journalists and others arrested in the police...
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