Istanbul - Turkish prosecutors have opened an investigation into former prime minister, Mr Necmettin Erbakan, over a speech he is alleged to have made in support of an Islamist television channel, Anatolian news agency said yesterday.
It said the Istanbul chief prosecutor's office had launched a preliminary inquiry over a videotaped speech in which Mr Erbakan is alleged to have referred to the Channel 7 television station as the "channel for Jihad (holy war or struggle)". Mr Erbakan said earlier that the tape had been altered.
