18 more military officers detained in Turkey

27.02.2010 13:09 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The wave of arrests targeting Turkey’s military over
an alleged coup plot is not over yet – with reports a further 18
officers have been taken into custody during an operation in 13 cities
nationwide.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned in a televised
address that `no one is above the law.’

`Those who make plans behind closed doors to crush the people’s will
must see that from now on they will face justice,’ Erdogan said. `What
is happening today is normalization … these are the footsteps of an
advanced democracy.’

Earlier this week, 49 senior officers were detained on accusations of
plotting to topple the country’s Islamist-rooted government in a
violent coup.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS