Eight retired military officers arrested in Turkey

Turkey`s state-run news agency says authorities have arrested eight more retired officers over their alleged involvement in the ousting of an Islamic-led government in 1990s.

Ankara: Turkey`s state-run news agency says authorities have arrested eight more retired officers over their alleged involvement in the ousting of an Islamic-led government in the late 1990s.

Anadolu Agency reports say the eight, including seven retired generals, were detained on Wednesday and Thursday pending a trial over a military campaign that forced former prime minister Necmettin Erbakan to resign. No trial date has been set. Anadolu, Friday, said that authorities were also questioning six other generals, including a former Air Force commander. They had not been arrested. Several other officers have already been charged in Erbakan`s ouster, which has been dubbed Turkey`s "post-modern coup" because the military simply pressured the government to resign. Turkey has curtailed the military`s powers and is making generals account for intervening in government affairs. PTI