Turkish soldiers walk outside the court building in Silivri, near Istanbul at the start of the trial of two retired four-star generals and 54 other defendants on charges of leading an alleged plot to topple Turkey's Islamist-rooted government. (AFP/Mustafa Ozer)Suspected Coup Plotters On Trial In Turkey -- Yahoo News/AFP
SILIVRI (AFP) – Two retired four-star generals were among 56 people who went on trial on Monday over an alleged plot to topple Turkey's Islamist-rooted government, as their supporters protested outside the court.
The generals, who are accused of having masterminded the plot, are the most senior military figures to stand trial on coup charges in a country where the army has toppled four governments since 1960.
Among the other defendants are journalists, writers and academics known as critics of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).
The investigation that led to the trial deepened the rift between Turkey's secularists and the AKP, the moderate offshoot of a now banned Islamist movement.
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More News On Turkey's Coup Trial
Trial in Turkey Exposes a Political Divide -- Wall Street journal
Fifty-six more on trial in Turkish coup plot case -- Washington Post
Trial over alleged army coup exposes culture of conspiracy -- Financial Times
Turkey Puts Generals on Trial as Erdogan Curbs Army -- Bloomberg
Turkish Prosecutors Seek To Charge More Coup Suspects - Report -- Nasdaq
My Comment: The Wall Street Journal sums it best .... this exposes the political divide within Turkey. Secularist on one side .... religious Islamists on the other .... and very little hope for reconciliation.
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