A Turkish court on Friday charged 11 more military officers for allegedly plotting a 2003 coup against the Islamic-based government, increasing the number of officers jailed to 31 _ including seven admirals and four generals.
It is the largest-ever crackdown on Turkey's military, which has ousted four governments since 1960. The military has wielded strong influence on politics for decades but saw its powers dramatically curtailed by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government, which took steps to put the military under civilian rule.
"An impaired democracy is not the fate of this country," Erdogan told lawmakers at a televised meeting …
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