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    WASHINGTON NOT CONCERNED OVER ARRESTS OF SENIOR OFFICERS IN TURKEY

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    23.02.2010 19:10 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ The US has no concerns over the recent arrests of
    senior former generals in Turkey in a suspected coup plot, a spokesman
    with the US State Department Philip Crowley said in Washington.

    "These processes in Turkish politics and society are not new, and I
    do not think that we are particularly concerned over this. any action
    taken should be in accord with Turkish law and should be transparent,
    " the Turkish newspaper Today's Zaman wrote.

    Dozens of senior officers, including a former Deputy Chief of General
    Staff, retired Army General Ergin Saygun have been arrested on charges
    of plotting a coup in Turkey. A Former Air Force commander, retired
    Army General Fyrtyna Ibrahim, a former Navy commander, Admiral retired
    Omek Ozgen, a retired general Engin Alan are among the detainees.

    According to the source, 10 colonels, four admirals, 17 generals
    (some of them are retired) were arrested. 50 arrests were held in
    Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir.

    Over the past 50 years there were four military coups in Turkey:
    on May 27, 1960, on March 12, 1971, on September 12, 1980 and on
    February 28, 1997.
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