Turkish court charges 7 officers in coup plot
China Daily | Updated: 2010-02-25 07:53
ANKARA, Turkey: A Turkish court yesterday formally charged and ordered seven jailed senior Turkish military officers for allegedly plotting to overthrow the Islamist-leaning government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party.
Prosecutors were questioning several other high-ranking officers, including former chiefs of the Navy, Air Force and Special Forces.
About 50 commanders were detained on Monday in the highest profile crackdown ever on the military after wiretap evidence and the discovery of alleged military plans drafted in 2003 to overthrow the government. The Turkish military has ousted four governments since 1960.
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