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Turkey and the army: Military meddles 28 avril 2012

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The Economist (UK) no. 950

Saturday, April 28, 2012

The battle with the AK government continues. When the generals toppled modern Turkey’s first Islamist-led government in 1997, they said the fight against Islamic fundamentalism would last « a thousand years ». (suite…)

In Turkey, Officers Held In 1997 Coup 13 avril 2012

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The New York Times (USA) Friday, April 13, 2012, p. A7

By Sebnem Arsu, Istanbul

A former general and 30 other officers were detained Thursday for their roles in a 1997 coup, continuing the clash between the government and the nation’s once-indomitable military. (suite…)

Necmettin Erbakan 10 avril 2011

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The Daily Telegraph (London, UK)

Monday, April 10, 2011

Necmettin Erbakan, the former Turkish prime minister who died on February 27 aged 84, was his country’s most prominent Islamic politician, and an intellectual father to many key figures in the dominant party of the last decade, the incumbent AKP. (suite…)