update: 22:15
49 arrested so far.
Turkish police arrest 50 officers in move against anti-Islamist coup – Times Online
Former Top Generals Detained in Turkish Coup Inquiry – NYTimes.com
Ergenekon sees biggest raid, two former force commanders detained
Today’s Zaman
The plot was allegedly devised by the military members of Ergenekon, a clandestine criminal organization accused of plotting to overthrow the government.
Turkish military ‘plotters’ held
File transfer to Istanbul sparks new debate on legal authority
Hurriyet Daily News
Legal experts engaged in a fresh debate after the files of the recently arrested Erzincan prosecutor were transferred to Istanbul, saying Ergenekon
Prosecutor versus Prosecutor – Bar Associations Object
Mr. and Mrs. Judges
As you see, the top judiciary is independent
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in a speech delivered on Saturday in İstanbul, called on members of the high judiciary to be impartial, stressing that they must resign if they want to have a career in politics.
From the HSYK coup to the Nigerien coup
The night the HSYK conducted its Feb. 17 coup in Turkey, another junta was preparing to take action somewhere else in the world.
BÜLENT KENEŞ – Gen. Başbuğ must be dismissed
ŞAHİN ALPAY – What?s wrong with hard-line secularism in Turkey?
FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK – Başbuğ wiretapping case suspicious
A voice recording belonging to Chief of General Staff Gen. İlker Başbuğ that was posted on various Web sites last week featured the general speaking about a recently unearthed assassination plot against Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç and indicated that Başbuğ himself had assigned officers to Arınç?s house.
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