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...subvert the Turkish state? On July 14, Istanbul's top prosecutor, Aykut Cengiz Engin, gave one grave and tantalizing answer. He announced indictments against 86 people, including military officers and prominent journalists, for allegedly "attempting to overthrow the Turkish government by force." The "Ergenekon" coup plotters apparently named their hard-core nationalist group after an idyllic valley evoked in the Turkish people's pre-Islamic founding myth. The prosecution claims they were out to unseat the Islamic-leaning government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan by sowing chaos to provide a pretext for the army to step...
...legal showdown has rattled investors - one reason why Istanbul's main stock index has fallen 40% this year - and has exacerbated a sense of polarization that pits democratic principles against secular ones. "This is a very dangerous situation," says Sahin Alpay, a political scientist at Istanbul's Bahcesehir University. "People who feel their way of life is threatened by the conservative Muslim majority want to stick with secularism rather than full democracy - and they aren't calculating the costs...
With reporting by Pelin Turgut / Istanbul...
...Birds are a common motif in your movies. Why? Ergün Yüce, Istanbul Since I'm a Christian, I love the white dove. It represents peace and love and innocence, so that's why I love...
...Istanbul Coup Plotters Arrested In the latest skirmish between Turkey's secular establishment and its Muslim leadership, authorities arrested 21 people--including two retired generals and a newspaper editor--on July 1 for allegedly planning to overthrow the pro-Islamic government. The government accused them of belonging to an ultranationalist group that it says has been collecting weapons for a military coup...