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Alleged plot raises tensions in Turkey

By Delphine Strauss

Published: June 15 2009 22:53 | Last updated: June 15 2009 22:53

Turkey’s armed forces on Monday promised a full investigation of a leaked document that purports to set out plans to discredit the ruling AK party and an influential religious movement on the grounds that both threatened the secular constitution.

Whether the document proves to be fake or genuine, the controversy raises the risk of new confrontation between the government and the fiercely secular military, with relations already strained by an investigation into a rightwing network accused of plotting a military coup.

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