86 indicted in alleged Turkish coup plot
The suspects, believed to include at least one former general and an opposition politician, are accused of plotting to provoke a military coup to topple Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government, Istanbul’s chief prosecutor Aykut Cengiz Engin said.
They face charges of forming or belonging to a terrorist organisation, or of provoking an armed uprising with the aim of bringing down Erdogan’s government, he said. A court has two weeks to decide whether to try the suspects.
