Bill Park

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Ergenekon: Turkey’s military-political contest
10 December 2008

The trial of alleged conspirators acting in defence of Turkey’s “deep state” is exposing the country’s military as well as its political leadership to new pressures
Turkey’s year of extraordinary political controversy continues to absorb and divide the country’s citizens. The latest high-level dispute surrounds the opening on 20 October 2008 in Istanbul of the long-awaited trial of eighty-six suspects involved in the elusive “Ergenekon” conspiracy. The scenes of chaos and overcrowding in the (...)