In the case of the attempted coup in Turkey arrested army lieutenant.

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In addition, on Monday, January 12, during the investigation of the case of conspiracy, police discovered 30 hand grenades, nine smoke checkers, and hundreds of rounds of rifle G3 - they were buried in the yard of an abandoned house in a suburb of Ankara.
The case of anti-conspiracy in Turkey was widely publicized during the summer of 2008, when the authorities announced the arrest of 86 people allegedly held in secret organization "Ergenekon." Over the past few days had been arrested about 40 alleged coup plotters. Among them - retired military, politicians, journalists, academics and lawyers.
The authorities believe that the "Ergenekon" was trying to overthrow the Government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan for what he has headed for the "Islamization" of Turkish society, thereby moving away from the principles of Ataturk. However, suspects are referred to as mass arrests among the Turkish elite political persecution. In their view, the Turkish Prime thus revenge for the attempt to ban the ruling Justice and Development Party, whose leader he is.