Turkey charges 86 for 'coup plot'

Turkey charges 86 for 'coup plot'

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The charges follow years of speculation about a shadowy group of hardline nationalists determined to defend the country's secular values.

Tensions have been rising in Turkey amid efforts to close the ruling party.

The Constitutional Court is considering a case against the AK Party, in which it is accused of aiming to introduce Sharia law in Turkey, in contravention of the strictly secular constitution.

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So what this story is saying is a group of Turkey nationalists have been charged with a coup plot against the ruling party who they say are trying to introduce Sharia law into Turkey. The first thing that came to mind was would that not be against the EU which Turkey is suppose to ascend to soon?

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