Turkish President Abdullah Gul (C), Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (L) and Chief of Staff General Ilker Basbug (R) hold a National Security Council (MGK) meeting with military and civilian leaders in Ankara on June 30, 2009. Turkey’s civilian leaders met with top generals amid growing tension over an alleged military plan to discredit the Islamist-rooted government and moves in parliament to curb the army’s powers. The meeting of the National Security Council was expected to focus on what the army chief has described as a “growing and organised” smear campaign against the staunchly secularist military. AFP PHOTO/Presidential Press Service handout/Murat Cetinmuhurdar —RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE—
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