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Vice Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. James Cartwright said on Thursday that Turkey and the US are working together on border security between Turkey and Iraq.

NICOSIA: Rival Cypriot leaders made progress on two of the key stumbling blocks in efforts to reunify the island Tuesday but decided to hold one more meeting before launching fully-fledged peace talks.

Two retired generals were jailed Sunday in connection with an alleged plot to topple Turkey's Islamic-rooted government, the highest-ranking ex-soldiers detained as part of the probe, a news report said.

The two, arrested late Saturday, were among 21 people rounded up in the past week in the investigation into an alleged pro-secular and nationalist network called 'Ergenekon,' the state-run Anatolia news agency said.

Ret. Gen. Hursit Tolon, who once headed the paramilitary force, and former top army commander Sener Eruygur, who helped organize a series of anti-government rallies last year, were being held at an Istanbul jail.

ANKARA (Reuters) - Two senior former generals were formally arrested under a broad police investigation into coup allegations, the state Anatolian news agency said on Sunday.

Former head of the paramilitary gendarmerie Sener Eruygur and former first army commander Hursit Tolon were sent to prison in Istanbul.

Turkish media said they were suspected of being members of a shadowy, ultra-nationalist, hardline secularist group known as Ergenekon, which was already under investigation.

Twenty-one people were detained last week in a police investigation into allegations of a coup.

"We continue to oppose a resolution that would contain the word genocide," Foxman said.

Turkey may soon mediate talks on Iran's nuclear program, following indirect peace talks between Israel and Syria, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday.

Sunday, July 06, 2008 ANKARA: Four out of 21 prominent Turks detained under a police investigation into coup allegations have been formally arrested and two senior former generals have been taken to court, ...

Earlier this week, Bloomberg reported that the Turkish police had arrested two retired generals, the head of Ankara's main business lobby and 21 others affiliated with an ultra-right wing group in a failed coup ...

General James Cartwright, vice-chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived on Thursday in Ankara to discuss the fight against terrorism, including the operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' ...

An investigation into a crime gang known as Ergenekon, which is believed to have been seeking to trigger events that would lead to a military coup against Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government, has been completed and an indictment will soon be submitted to the court, prosecutors have said.

A nationwide crackdown on a shadowy network of military officials, business leaders, journalists and criminals foiled a plot to sow the seeds of chaos in preparation for an eventual coup, documents seized by the police have revealed.

Gen. ener Eruygur, detained on Tuesday on charges of involvement in a coup plot against the governing Justice and Development Party , formerly headed the Gendarmerie General Command and is the currently ...

The Abant Platform, a prominent discussion forum known for dealing with pressing issues challenging Turkey, is taking up the task of debating the thorny Kurdish issue.

Political tensions rose in Turkey on Tuesday after police arrested two retired generals and other prominent figures suspected of plotting to overthrow the government.

Jordan's King Abdullah II will travel to Iraq soon, a top Iraqi official said Wednesday, becoming the first monarch of an Arab country to visit Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion more than five years ago.

The detention of four retired high-ranking generals yesterday along with dozens of others has extended an investigation into an illegal organization to include two failed coup attempts allegedly devised by currently retired force commanders against the current government in 2004.

Conspirators 'planned armed rebellion to destabilise Turkey' Wednesday, 2 July 2008 Reuters Hursit Tolon, a retired general, is arrested by police investigating a series of killings allegedly by a state-backed ...

Covering developments in the energy world poses a significant challenge for journalists.

ANKARA: Pakistan People's Party Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari held a meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan here on Friday, to discuss methods of strengthening co-operation between the two countries ...

OPERATION: A security operation yesterday morning ends with the detainment of more than 25 suspects, including retired Gen.