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| The Grand Turk |
| Top Turkish general jailed on coup plot charges |
| 2011-05-31 |
| Summary: General Bilgin Balanli, commander of Turkey's military academies, was imprisoned on Monday, charged with involvement in that semi-mythical coup attempt against the Islamist government in 2003 allegedly called Operation Sledgehammer. The number of current and retired military officers jailed and awaiting trial on this charge currently approaches two hundred. |
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