Turkish prosecutors arrested the former head of Turkey’s military early Friday morning in a dramatic escalation of an ongoing feud between the country’s civilian government and its once-powerful military. Gen. Ilker Basbug, who stood down as chief of Turkey’s General Staff in August 2010, was arrested after seven hours of questioning on charges of “heading a terrorist organization” and allegedly plotting against the civilian government of the Islamist-rooted AK Party.
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