Turkish court rules first release in Ergenekon trial
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Oluşturulma Tarihi: Kasım 18, 2008 14:06
A Turkish court ruled Tuesday for the release of a retired petty officer arrested and detained for 17 months in the Ergenekon case in which 86 people have been accused of membership to a group that allegedly plotted to overthrow Turkey's Islamist-rooted government.
Mahmut Ozturk is the first jailed detainee released in the controversial Ergenekon trials, which began in October. With the release of Ozturk, the number of the detainees fell to 85. The Ergenekon operation was launched in June 2007 with the discovery of grenades in a house in Istanbul's Umraniye district. Since then over one hundred people have been detained in nine waves of arrests in the controversial operation. Another indictment would be submitted for those detained in the latest waves of the operation, including two retired generals, journalists and a business group leader.