Turkish prosecutors filed charges yesterday accusing 86 people of murder, bombings and inciting public unrest as part of a militant secularist plot to overthrow the Government. “The indictment covers crimes such as forming an armed terror group and attempting to overthrow the Government by force,” Aykut Cengiz Engin, Istanbul’s chief prosecutor, said. Few details were given of the charges, which follow a year-long investigation, but the suspects are alleged to have plotted to provoke a military coup to bring down Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Prime Minister. Those facing charges have not been named but are believed to include several military figures, leading to claims of the existence of a shadowy ultra-nationalist group determined to fight for Turkey’s secularist values.
Appunti di un anonimo italiano
15/7/2008
