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Is a pillar of Turkish society about to come crashing down?

AdministratorAugust 11, 2013

In Turkey this week, a court handed down lengthy prison sentences in a divisive mass trial involving 275 people. The trial's been going on for years - the defendants were accused of plotting a coup and included top ranking army officers, academics, politicians, lawyers and journalists. Helen Seeney asked correspondent Dorian Jones if people were surprised at the severity of the verdicts?

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