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| Fresh charges over Turkey 'plot' | Fresh charges over Turkey 'plot' |
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| Two retired Turkish generals have been charged over an alleged plot in 2003 to overthrow the government, reports say. | Two retired Turkish generals have been charged over an alleged plot in 2003 to overthrow the government, reports say. |
| Cetin Dogan, former head of Turkey's First Army, and Engin Alan, a former special forces commander, were both remanded in custody pending trial. | Cetin Dogan, former head of Turkey's First Army, and Engin Alan, a former special forces commander, were both remanded in custody pending trial. |
| They are the most senior of 33 suspects charged so far over the alleged plot. | They are the most senior of 33 suspects charged so far over the alleged plot. |
| The case has increased tensions between the military and the Islamist-rooted ruling party. However, the military has denied any coup plot. | |
| Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to punish conspirators. | |
| "No one is above law, no one has impunity," he told a gathering of his Justice and Development Party (AKP). | |
| Justice pledge | |
| "Those conspiring behind closed doors to trample on the nation's will from now on find themselves facing justice," Mr Erdogan said. | |
| More than 49 people were detained on Monday over the alleged coup plot, in an operation of unprecedented scale. | |
| Among the 33 officers charged are including seven navy admirals and four army generals. | |
| The former heads of the air force and navy and a general were freed on Thursday, having been questioned by prosecutors. | |
| The three - retired air force head Ibrahim Firtina, former navy chief Ozden Ornek and former deputy army chief Ergin Saygun - have not been charged but remain under investigation, prosecutors said. |