Former Air Forces Commander Gen. Halil İbrahim Fırtına and former Naval Forces Commander Adm. Özden Örnek are among the 163 suspects who were arrested on Friday. from Today’s Zaman
162 Turkish officers ordered jailed in coup trial
Bloomberg
That case is based on a conspiracy by an alleged gang of secular nationalists called “Ergenekon.” Critics say the Sledgehammer and Ergenekon cases are built
Arrests made in 2003 Turkish coup: Voice of Russia
Examiner.com
Operation Sledgehammer is an extension of the Ergenekon investigation, a conspiracy theory under which hundreds of military officers and civilians have been
Today’s Zaman
None of the suspects inside the courtroom on Friday expected warrants for their arrest, so prosecutor’s demanding warrants for the arrest of 180 of them
163 Officers Arrested in ?Sledgehammer? Coup Trial
Turkey?s armed forces chief of staff General Işık Koşaner met with Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan at Istanbul?s Dolmabahçe Palace on Saturday in an unscheduled meeting that lasted 45 minutes. It is not known what was discussed, but the meeting occurred just hours after more than a hundred officers were arrested in connection with an alleged coup plot named ?Operation Sledgehammer? to overthrow Erdoğan?s government in 2003. 163 active-service and retired officers are on trial and on Friday a court ordered them jailed. Most have been in and out of detention since the case first broke a year ago. The trial was adjourned until March 14. Click here.
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