Wednesday, April 15, 2009

In Turkey, arrested 20 more suspects in the coup attempt.

Turkish police on Monday, April 13, arrested 21 people on suspicion of preparing a coup d'état, reported AFP. Among the arrested professor and owner of a private Turkish university, as well as two other university professors.
It is also reported that police carried out searches in the wording of television channel Kanal B and at the headquarters of anticlerical Association in support of modern lifestyles. Arrested suspects that they were trying to organize people's statements that the former warlords have been able to seize power in strane.Napomnim, Turkish authorities have accused a group of retired generals in an attempt to overthrow the government. Since the beginning of 2007 in connection with the investigation of several coup attempts have been arrested more than 200 people suspected of belonging to a secret organization "Ergenekon" (Ergenekon).
The authorities allege that the conspirators included senior military officers, policemen, journalists, and leaders of education and nauki.86 suspects are on trial. At the same time, supporters called the arrest of political detainees: in their view, the Government, consisting of moderate Islamists, such as trying to suppress the opposition. Some of those arrested actually previously been involved in protests and accused the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) to replace the legal foundations of a secular state in the rules of Shariah.

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