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Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) speaks with Chief of Staff General Ilker Basbug during a funeral in Ankara in this February 28, 2010 file photo. (Reuters/Umit Bektas)

Top Turkish court backs ex-army chief’s bid for release

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 7, 2014 | Middle East

Ankara, Reuters—Turkey’s constitutional court ruled on Thursday in favor of former military chief İlker Başbuğ’s appeal against his detention on a life sentence for plotting against the government, saying his right to freedom had been violated. The ruling...

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People try to protect themselves as riot and paramilitary police officers fire tear gas and use water cannons to disperse protesters outside the Silivri jail complex in Silivri, Turkey, on Monday, August 5, 2013, near where verdicts in the Ergenekon trial are being handed down. (AP Photo)

Former military chief gets life sentence in Turkey

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 5, 2013 | World

Istanbul, AP—In a landmark trial, scores of people—including Turkey’s former military chief, politicians and journalistswere convicted on Monday of plotting to overthrow Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government soon after it came to power in 2002....