Police in Ankara discovered a munitions site in an investigation into the Ergenekon terrorist organization. Weapons, flamethrowers and hand grenades found buried under the ground appear to date from the year 2004. Other excavations are under way in various areas of the city.

A large cache of weapons, ammunition and bombs was found yesterday buried underground in Ankara´s Gölbasi district, as a result of a police search based on a map found in the home of Ibrahim Sahin, a former head of the National Police Department´s Special Operations Unit. The operation came at a time when Sahin had ordered the assassination of non-Muslim minority leaders in Sivas.

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http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web..tay&link=163647&bolum=101

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Turkey ultranationalist probe widens

An investigation of ultranationalists suspected of plotting to destabilise Turkey´s government widened yesterday as police detained more than 30 people, including retired generals, serving officers, a former mayor of Istanbul and a previous chairman of the higher education board.

Eighty six people, many of them known for their secularist views and opposition to the ruling party, are already on trial charged with planning bombings and assassinations to provoke a coup against the Justice and Development party (AKP), which has its roots in political Islam.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5bc1211c-dd25-11dd-a2a9-000077b07658.html

Some more

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/09/turkey-government-crisis

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/09/world/europe/09turkey.html?ref=world

I read about this today and thought - can things get any more complicated?? Is it me or is Turkey just out there on its own or just maybe these things become more known (eventually) in Turkey than in more "democratic" countries? We know far less than we think we know!