Turkish court to try ex-general



ANKARA  - A former head of Turkey’s armed forces is to go on trial after judges agreed on Wednesday there were sufficient grounds to prosecute him on charges of attempting to overthrow the government. The case of General Ilker Basbug, military chief of staff from 2008 to 2010, is one of a series of prosecutions and judicial inquiries that have engulfed the former secular establishment, but have now also touched on figures close to the government, suggesting a power struggle within the state.

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