Former military chiefs among 50 arrested in Turkey coup plot

Times:

Turkish police arrested the former heads of the Navy and Air Force along with several other senior military officers yesterday in a sweep against top brass linked to a coup plan against the Islamist-leaning Government.

The existence of Sledgehammer, a detailed plot hatched in 2002-03, came to light last month. The arrests could be a spectacular milestone in the democratic history of Turkey, where four previous governments have been ousted by the military but no one has come to trial.

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It appears the Turk military has lost the art of the coup which they used to be very good at. The Islamist government should tread carefully with these prosecutions, less they trigger a real one.

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