Turkey - Laughter in court as retired Turkish generals join celebrities in coup trial - by Murat Sezer
Two retired generals became the highest ranking officers in modern Turkish history to go on trial yesterday. They are accused of a campaign of assassinations designed to plunge the country into chaos and pave the way for a military takeover. Sener Eruygur, a former Gendarmerie commander, and Hursit Tolon, a retired army chief, are among 56 defendants accused of plotting a coup against the Islamic Government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan. They face life sentences in the second wave of a trial aimed at the Ergenoken terror group. According to three indictments, thousands of pages long, the group is the latest incarnation of what has long been known as the “Deep State”. It is believed to include hitmen and senior figures in the security forces, state bureaucracy and judiciary who were prepared to sanction murder to protect Turkey’s secular system.
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