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AFP: Top brass grilled over Turkey 'coup plot'

"Top brass grilled over Turkey 'coup plot'

By Nicolas Cheviron (AFP) – 4 hours ago

ISTANBUL — Turkish investigators grilled more than 40 military figures on Tuesday, including the retired heads of navy and air force, after mass arrests over an alleged plot to oust the Islamist-rooted government.

In the most dramatic move to date against the armed forces, anti-terror police detained the suspects Monday over a purported plan codenamed 'Operation Sledgehammer', drawn up in 2003 soon after the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power."

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