Ankara: Turkey’s state-run news agency says a prosecutor has launched an investigation into the possible existence of a clique within the military capable of “obstructing” the government.
The Anadolu agency says the prosecutor in Istanbul started the probe on Monday following a weekend report in Hurriyet newspaper that said the army headquarters was “disturbed” by a series of criticisms levelled at the military. Some interpreted the report to suggest that a clique within the military was unhappy by the way the military was being led.
Anadolu said the probe was launched after a university lecturer filed a complaint claiming the report demonstrated the presence of an “influential and active junta.”
In July, the Turkish government survived a failed military coup attempt blamed on the followers of a US-based Muslim cleric.
