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Relations between the government and the military have deteriorated dramatically in Turkey. It all began with an article in the newspaper Taraf, which published a sensational story on 20 January alleging that a number of officers had prepared a coup, code-named "Sledge Hammer" (Balyoz) in 2003.

The publication alleges that Operation Sledge Hammer was aimed at whipping up tension in the country, with bombings in two Istanbul mosques during Friday prayers, creating a crisis in relations between Turkey and Greece (for which the conspirators were ready to down a plane over the Aegean Sea and blame the Greek Air Force), imposing a state of emergency, making mass arrests, seizing all public bodies, overthrowing the existing government and establishing a provisional one, as well as installing army representatives and civilian supporters of the coup as heads of government offices, banks, customs etc.... read more

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