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2008-09-19 Europe

Turkey: Fifteen arrested in alleged coup plot

(AKI) - Fifteen people, including a well-known actress, were arrested in five Turkish provinces on Thursday in relation to a plot to overthrow the government.

Turkish news agencies said lawyer Levent Temiz, who is also the former head of a nationalist organisation, actress Nurseli Idiz and Seyhan Soylu, an artist manager, were taken into custody in Istanbul. Eight people were also detained in the Turkish capital of Ankara, news agencies reported.

The arrests were part of an ongoing investigation, known as Ergenekon, in which politicians, journalists, intellectuals and retired generals are accused of being members of an illegal organisation that was planning a military coup. Eighty-six people have been charged with conspiracy against the government in an indictment filed in Istanbul on 14 July 2008. They are expected to begin appearing in court in October.

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