Court annuls warrants against Turkish coup suspects: report

Five generals and an admiral were among a group of soldiers who appeared before prosecutors Friday to answer questions over an alleged 2003 coup plot, Anatolia news agency reported.They were summoned as part of an expanding probe into "Operation Sledgehammer", an alleged plan to overthrow the Islamist-rooted government, which has already landed some 200 soldiers in court and fanned political tensions in Turkey, Anatolia said.There were conflicting reports about how many soldiers in total had been summoned for questioning.

Turkish prosecutors will on Wednesday question some of the suspects arrested over an alleged military coup plot, as US and European Union officials expressed concern over the affair.The accused will also be brought before a judge to face possible charges over the alleged plot, which investigators say was designed to topple the Islamist-rooted government, the Anatolia news agency reported.Police detained more than 40 suspects Monday over a purported plan codenamed "Operation Sledgehammer" which dated back to 2003.

Seven suspects were remanded in custody Wednesday over an alleged coup plot against Turkey's Islamist-rooted government in 2003, as part of a probe that has fanned tensions in the polarised country.An Istanbul court ruled the suspects -- two active-duty admirals, two retired admirals, a retired one-star general and two retired colonels -- should be kept in jail pending trial, Anatolia news agency reported.

A Turkish court charged eight more officers with plotting to topple the Islamist-rooted government in 2003, taking the number of those under investigation to 20, Anatolia news agency reported Thursday.Prosecutors questioned the eight suspects, three of them retired, for several hours before remanding them in custody in military and civilian prisons, media reports said.The Istanbul court handling the probe ruled Wednesday that 12 suspects, also questioned by prosecutors earlier, should be kept in jail pending trial, Anatolia news agency reported.

A Turkish court ordered seven suspects to be remanded in custody Wednesday as part of a probe into an alleged plot against the Islamist-rooted government in 2003, the Anatolia news agency reported.The two active-duty admirals, two retired admirals, a retired one-star general and two retired colonels were among around 50 military figures detained by police Monday.

A Turkish court has charged two more army officers over an alleged 2003 plot to overthrow the Islamist-rooted government, Anatolia news agency reported Monday.The latest charges, late Sunday, bring the number of suspects held to 35.The court ordered that the pair -- a colonel heading the paramilitary force in the central Konya province and a lieutenant colonel -- should be kept in jail pending trial, the report said.Detailed charges against the suspects will become known once prosecutors draw up their indictement.

Turkey's military on Wednesday blocked the promotions of generals and admirals indicted over an alleged 2003 coup plot, avoiding a confrontation with the government, a report said.The chiefs of staff sent the government a list of promotions after an annual meeting, excluding 11 senior officers who are facing charges of conspiring to topple the Islamist-rooted administration, the NTV news channel said.

Investigators began questioning more than 40 military figures on Tuesday, including the retired chiefs of the Turkish navy and air force, after mass arrests over an alleged plot to oust the Islamist-rooted government.In the most dramatic move to date against the armed forces, anti-terror police detained the suspects Monday over a purported plan codenamed "Operation Sledgehammer" to unseat the Justice and Development Party (AKP), dating back to 2003.