Seven Turkey military officers were charged on Wednesday with a coup plot against the country’s Islamist-leaning government.
Seven high-ranking Turkish military officers were charged on Wednesday with plotting a coup against the country’s Islamist-leaning government, two days after as many as 50 officers were arrested and accused of belonging to the plot.
It is the first time that civilian authorities have headed off an alleged coup by the country’s powerful military, which has overthrown four governments since 1960. While some opposition figures have cried foul, other players – including the US and EU – have called for transparency in this case and adherence to the rule of law in Turkey, NATO’s only member with a Muslim majority.
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