Arrests as Turkey vows to try plotters

TURKEY’S prime minister yesterday vowed to put everyone who conspired against the country’s democracy on trial as more military officers were arrested.

The number charged and jailed for allegedly plotting a 2003 coup against his Islamic-based government rose to 31.

The figure, which included seven admirals and four generals, represents the largest-ever crackdown on Turkey’s military, which has overthrown four civilian governments since 1960.