Turkey ultranationalist probe widens

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Series Details 8.1.09
Publication Date 08/01/2009
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Article reports that an investigation of ultranationalists suspected of plotting to destabilise Turkey's government widened January 2009 as police detained more than 30 people, including retired generals, serving officers, a former mayor of Istanbul and a previous chairman of the higher education board.

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BBC News, 7.1.09: Turkey holds 30 over 'coup plot' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7816288.stm
BBC News, 22.1.09: More arrests in Turkey coup probe http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7845375.stm
ESO: Background information: Hardline nationalists go on trial in Turkey http://www.europeansources.info/record/hardline-nationalists-go-on-trial-in-turkey/

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