Comments on: Troglodytes in Turkey? http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/transition-and-accession/troglodytes-in-turkey/ European Opinion Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:51:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Edward http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/transition-and-accession/troglodytes-in-turkey/#comment-13799 Edward Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:30:58 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/wordpress/?p=2407#comment-13799 Just a partial update on this post. The EU observer yesterday ran the story: http://euobserver.com/9/21088 The Turkish army's designated chief of staff has been accused of attempts to frustrate Turkey's EU accession by plotting a series of attacks on Kurdish targets designed to spark a nationalist backlash. A Turkish public prosecutor has accused general Yasar Buyukanit, head of the Turkish land forces, of orchestrating the hand grenade attack on a Kurdish bookshop in the town of Semdinli in the south east of the country, according to media reports. Parts of the accusations of the prosecutor were leaked to Turkish papers over the weekend. The prosecutor, based in the the city of Van, has accused general Buyukanit of being behind the attack, which the prosecutor suspects was carried out by Turkish security forces. The attack, carried out in November, killed one person and injured six.A list of 105 potential Kurdish targets including the bookshop was found in a police van after the attack. Just a partial update on this post. The EU observer yesterday ran the story:

http://euobserver.com/9/21088

The Turkish army’s designated chief of staff has been accused of attempts to frustrate Turkey’s EU accession by plotting a series of attacks on Kurdish targets designed to spark a nationalist backlash.

A Turkish public prosecutor has accused general Yasar Buyukanit, head of the Turkish land forces, of orchestrating the hand grenade attack on a Kurdish bookshop in the town of Semdinli in the south east of the country, according to media reports.

Parts of the accusations of the prosecutor were leaked to Turkish papers over the weekend. The prosecutor, based in the the city of Van, has accused general Buyukanit of being behind the attack, which the prosecutor suspects was carried out by Turkish security forces. The attack, carried out in November, killed one person and injured six.A list of 105 potential Kurdish targets including the bookshop was found in a police van after the attack.

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