Photo: Former navy commander Adm Ozden Ornek was among those indicted. Image from The BBCTurkish Court Annuls Arrest Warrants Over 'Coup Plot' -- BBC News
A Turkish court has annulled arrest warrants against 102 military officers charged over an alleged 2003 coup plot.
The officers - who include 25 generals and admirals - were indicted in July.
All were accused of involvement in plotting a military takeover, in an operation codenamed sledgehammer.
The annulment comes days after the military agreed not to promote some of the accused officers, after a standoff with the Turkish government dominated by the Islamist-rooted AK Party.
In all, 196 people were charged in July over the alleged plot. Some had been arrested in February and then released.
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More News On the Annulment Of Arrest Warrants Over 'Coup Plot'
Warrants over alleged coup plot dropped -- UPI
Court annuls warrants against Turkish coup suspects: report -- AFP
Turkish court annuls coup warrant -- Al Jazeera
My Comment: Tensions between civilian authorities and the military goes back to the coup of 1980. I do not expect this "annulment of arrest warrants" to alleviate the situation anytime soon.
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