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Speaking after he was freed from the Black Beach prison in Malabo, the capital, Mr Mann said he was “very anxious” that Mark Thatcher, the son of Lady Thatcher, the former British prime minister, and Ely Calil, a UK-based Lebanese businessman, should...
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Around 5,000 people convened in Istiklal Avenue in Istanbul on Saturday demanding action in an investigation into an alleged coup plot against Turkey's governing Justice and Development Party (AKP). The demonstrators called for a free and fair trial of...
Tags: Turkey, coup plot, Ergenekon, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkish, coup plotters, prime minister
The West African state said armed men were gathering on the borders with Guinea-Bissau and Senegal to the north and Liberia to the south. An announcement on state-run national radio said drugs cartels were believed to be behind the plans. Guinea is a...
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Ethiopia's authorities say they have arrested 35 people who were allegedly plotting to overthrow the government. All are said to be members of Ginbot 7 (May the 15th), an opposition group based outside Ethiopia and led by the self-exiled politician Berhanu...
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A Turkish court has charged eight more suspects, including a university president, in the controversial Ergenekon coup investigation, officials said Friday. The Istanbul court said the suspects included Professor Mehmet Haberal, the president and owner...
Tags: Ergenekon, Mehmet Haberal, Baskent University, professor mehmet, baskent universities, Ankara, Istanbul, coup plot, universities president, istanbul court
Police detained more suspects Thursday in a new wave of arrests connected with an alleged secularist plot to bring down the Islamic-rooted government of Turkey , a prosecutor said. The detentions followed police raids on about 30 locations across Turkey,...
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At the heart of the trial is a clash between the growing clout of Turkey's Islamic class and its traditional secular and military elite. The case has raised concerns about political instability in Turkey, which has seen four governments ousted by the...
Turkish police continued excavations of an arms cache allegedly buried by the Ergenekon organization, a group said to be intent on overthrowing the government. Investigators said the cache was discovered in the capital Ankara through the use of a map...
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The probe into an alleged coup plot against Turkey's Islamist-rooted government came under mounting criticism Thursday as lawyers and the opposition charged it was being used to intimidate critics. The chief of Turkey's influential military, General Ilker...
Tags: Turkey, police, Ergenekon, coup plot, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, emergency meeting, prime minister
Those arrested reportedly included three retired generals and a former police chief. Some 86 people are already accused of an ultra-nationalist plot to stoke unrest that would provoke the army to launch a coup. Critics say the ruling AK Party is simply...