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BBC NEWS | Europe | Turkey charges 86 for 'coup plot'

BBC NEWS | Europe | Turkey charges 86 for 'coup plot': "Aykut Cengiz Engin said those charged included leading figures from the army, business and the secular press.

The charges follow speculation about a shadowy group of hardline nationalists determined to act in what they see as defence of Turkey's secular values."

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