Turkish army denies plot to clash with Greece
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Turkey's military denied on Thursday the army had plotted to provoke Greek fighter jets into shooting down a Turkish military jet and said a newspaper report of such a plan had only served to heighten anxieties.
The daily Taraf said the intention of the alleged plot, one of several reported in Turkish media in recent months that have added to strains between the secularist military and the government, was to discredit the Islamist-rooted government. It said the plot also had called for the army to plant bombs in mosques and museums in Istanbul to stir chaos. (Reuters)
