Dozens held over Turkey 'coup plot'
Updated on 07 January 2009
Police have detained three retired generals and dozens of others in raids across Turkey as they broadened their investigation into an alleged plot by secularists to overthrow the country's Islamic-rooted government.
In was the 10th time police have targeted prominent secularists, who are accused of trying to destabilize Turkey with a string of attacks prior to a planned coup which was never carried out.
Eighty-six people - including ex-army officers, journalists, a former university dean and a lawyer - are already on trial in the case.
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