And that would change the entire context of the Kurdish question, which is bound to come up at next month's summit in Istanbul of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

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Russia's half-promises of restraint and negotiation made in Istanbul last month to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe have proved empty.

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The government had to apologise when Engin Ceber, a left-wing activist, was tortured and beaten to death by security forces recently in an Istanbul prison.

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Costas Simitis, Greece's moderate prime minister, had his first meeting with Mr Ecevit during the summit in Istanbul last month of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

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So, amid heavy security and overseen by a team of forensic experts led by Istanbul's Chief Prosecutor Turan Colakkadi, mechanical diggers on Tuesday morning dug up Ozal's grave from a grand mausoleum in an Istanbul cemetery.

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Security analysts say the latest attack is very similar to one launched on an Istanbul police station last year.

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The trial was being held at the courthouse-prison complex in the town of Silivri, 70 kilometers outside Istanbul, which has become infamous for housing Turkish generals and journalists accused of plotting coups in high-security prisons.

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