Turkey 85 generals, admirals charged in coup attempt [View all]
Source: Associated Press
Turkey 85 generals, admirals charged in coup attempt
Updated 4:25 am, Tuesday, July 19, 2016
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's state-run news agency said Tuesday that courts have ordered 85 generals and admirals jailed pending trial over their roles in a failed coup attempt. Dozens of others were still being questioned.
Anadolu Agency said those formally arrested include former air force commander Gen. Akin Ozturk, alleged to be the ringleader of the July 15 uprising, and Gen. Adem Hududi, commander of Turkey's 2nd Army, which is charge of countering possible threats to Turkey from Syria, Iran and Iraq.
Ozturk has denied the allegation, saying he neither planned nor directed the coup, according to Anadolu.
Authorities have rounded up thousands alleged to have been involved in the coup, which killed 208 government supporters and 24 coup plotters. The government says a U.S.-based Muslim cleric was behind the coup. Thousands of officials suspected of links to him were purged from the judiciary and the Interior Ministry.
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