Istanbul: A Turkish court ordered seven suspects to be remanded in custody Wednesday as part of a probe into an alleged plot against the Islamist-rooted government in 2003, the Anatolia news agency reported.
The two active-duty admirals, two retired admirals, a retired one-star general and two retired colonels were among around 50 military figures detained by police Monday.
The purported coup plot, codenamed "Operation Sledgehammer", was allegedly drawn up in 2003, shortly after the Justice and Development Party (AKP), the moderate offshoot of a now-banned Islamist movement, came to power.
Bureau Report
First Published: Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 14:17