VOA标准英语2008年-Turkey Charges Alleged Coup Plotters
时间：2019-02-03 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（七月）
Istanbul's chief prosecutor 1 says 86 people will be prosecuted 2 under terrorism laws for attempting to overthrow 3 the government. Dorian Jones reports from Istanbul the indictments 5 were made while the ruling Islamic AK Party is facing closure on charges of undermining the secular 6 state.
Aykut Cengiz Engin speaks to the media in Istanbul, Turkey, 14 Jul 2008
Istanbul chief prosecutor Aykut Cengiz Engin told a news conference the 86 defendants 7 have been indicted 8 on terror charges.
He says the indictment 4 covers crimes such as forming an armed terror group and attempting to overthrow the government by force.
The nearly 2,500-page indictment is the culmination 9 of a 13-month investigation 10 sparked by the discovery of a cache of arms and explosives in an Istanbul suburb. The investigation, held in secret under Turkey 's strict anti-terror laws, led to the detention 11 of dozens of people, including alleged 12 mafia members, businessmen and retired 13 military officers.
The prosecutor says the plotters sought to bring chaos 14 to the country.
Cengiz says the defendants will face charges of seeking to provoke civil unrest, public disorder 15 offenses 16, provoking disobedience within the army, and possession of explosives. He says the court has to decide whether to accept the case within 15 days.
The alleged conspirators 17 are claimed to have called their gang Ergenekon, the name of a mythical 18 land where Turks once were said to have sought refuge.
Since 1960, the army has forced four governments from office. The deputy editor of the Turkish daily Taraf, Yasmin Congar, says the case is a key moment for Turkish democracy.
"If people manage to get to the roots of this Ergenekon gang and to basically kick them out of the state structure, then we can become a democratic country," he said. "If we do not do that it is going to be more coups 19, more interferences in politics by forces we do not know."
But critics of the investigation have attacked both its methods and motivation. Many of those arrested have been held for months without charge.
Critics also point out the last arrests were made on the same day Turkey's chief prosecutor presented a case to the constitutional court that calls for the closure of the ruling AK Party on charges of undermining the country's secularism 20.
The two cases are polarizing Turkish society, with both sides accusing the other of using the judiciary for political purposes. Analysts 21 say it is not only the defendants on trial, but also Turkey's legal system.
- The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
- The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。
- The editors are being prosecuted for obscenity. 编辑因刊载污秽文字而被起诉。
- The company was prosecuted for breaching the Health and Safety Act. 这家公司被控违反《卫生安全条例》。
- After the overthrow of the government,the country was in chaos.政府被推翻后，这个国家处于混乱中。
- The overthrow of his plans left him much discouraged.他的计划的失败使得他很气馁。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
- They issued an indictment against them.他们起诉了他们。
- A New York jury brought criminal indictments against the founder of the organization. 纽约的一个陪审团对这个组织的创始人提起了多项刑事诉讼。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- These two indictments are self-evident and require no elaboration. 这两条意义自明，无须多说。 来自互联网
- We live in an increasingly secular society.我们生活在一个日益非宗教的社会。
- Britain is a plural society in which the secular predominates.英国是个世俗主导的多元社会。
- The courts heard that the six defendants had been coerced into making a confession. 法官审判时发现6位被告人曾被迫承认罪行。
- As in courts, the defendants are represented by legal counsel. 与法院相同，被告有辩护律师作为代表。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
- The senator was indicted for murder. 那位参议员被控犯谋杀罪。
- He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder. 他被大陪审团以两项谋杀罪名起诉。
- The space race reached its culmination in the first moon walk.太空竞争以第一次在月球行走而达到顶峰。
- It may truly be regarded as the culmination of classical Greek geometry.这确实可以看成是古典希腊几何的登峰造级之作。
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
- He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
- He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。
- It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
- alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
- The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
- Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
- After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
- The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。
- When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
- It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。
- It's wrong of you to take the child to task for such trifling offenses. 因这类小毛病责备那孩子是你的不对。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Thus, Congress cannot remove an executive official except for impeachable offenses. 因此，除非有可弹劾的行为，否则国会不能罢免行政官员。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
- The conspirators took no part in the fighting which ensued. 密谋者没有参加随后发生的战斗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The French conspirators were forced to escape very hurriedly. 法国同谋者被迫匆促逃亡。 来自辞典例句
- Undeniably,he is a man of mythical status.不可否认，他是一个神话般的人物。
- Their wealth is merely mythical.他们的财富完全是虚构的。
- China has seen many political coups within the ruling class. 中国统治阶级内部发生过很多政变。 来自互联网
- Thailand has had eighteen coups or coup attendance since nineteen thirty-two. 泰国1932年以来有18次政变或参加政变。 来自互联网
- Unless are devoted to God, secularism shall not leave us. 除非我们奉献于神，否则凡俗之心便不会离开我们。 来自互联网
- They are no longer a huge threat to secularism. 他们已不再是民主的巨大威胁。 来自互联网