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Arrests in alleged plot against Turkish government

Sun, Dec 27 2009 15:14 CET

byGabriel Hershman

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Arrests in alleged plot against Turkish government

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Eight Turkish soldiers have been held over an alleged plot to assassinate the country's deputy prime minister Bulent Arinc, according to the army.

The men were reportedly taken to the army headquarters in Ankara after interrogation by a prosecutor on December 25.

The arrests come after an inquiry was launched into possible sightings of two officers spotted several times near Arinc's residence.

The Turkish military, seen as the guardians of Turkey's secularism, has long been seen as an enemy of the ruling AK party's increasing embrace of political Islam.

The most recent follows a year of intrigue in Turkey in which dozens of individuals, including two retired generals, journalists and academics, went on trial accused of attempting to mount a coup against the government.

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