To add insult to injury, GoonSwarm then re-registered the Band of Brothers name for itself, leaving the former alliance nameless and broken.

BBC: The struggle among the stars

That first Yilmaz-Ciller coalition having broken up, Mrs Ciller then went into her ill-fated alliance with the Islamists, which the generals eventually vetoed.

ECONOMIST: Turkey

Alliance Party councilor Linda Cleland said the windows of her car were smashed and several windows in her home broken over the weekend.

CNN: Policewoman targeted as Northern Ireland tensions rise