Posted: August 24th, 2010, 6:21pm MSD
[JURIST] Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday announced plans to investigate claims by Eskisehir Police Chief Hanefi Avci that evidence of several alleged coups plots, particularly Ergenekon [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive], was fabricated. Avci alleged in a book he recently published, Devotee Residents of Halich: Yesterday State, Today Religious Congregation, that the evidence was distorted and fabricated [Sabah report, in Turkish] by followers of Islam preacher Fethullah Gulen [official website], in effort to weaken the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) [party website, in Turkish]. Avci also claimed the Ergenekon trials were concocted by Turkey's government to silence critics [Today's Zaman...