ISTANBUL - A Turkish court arrested six more people in the "Ergenekon" investigation on Saturday.
A court on duty in Istanbul decided to send journalist Tuncay Ozkan; Adil Serdar Sacan, the former chief of Istanbul Anti-Organized Crime Department; Gurbuz Capan; a former mayor of Istanbul's Esenyurt district; retired judge colonel Tanju Guvendiren; Emcet Olcaytu, a writer of Aydinlik magazine; and doctor Huseyin Nazlikul to prison.
The court released doctor Mesut Ozcan.
An alleged criminal network that came to be known as "Ergenekon" was revealed after police seized hand grenades, TNT explosives and fuses in a shanty house in Istanbul on June 12th, 2007. Several Turkish figures, including retired senior army officers, were detained and sent to prison within the scope of the investigation.
The indictment regarding "Operation Ergenekon" was filed at an Istanbul court, indicting 86 people on charges of attempting to overthrow the Turkish government. The 2,455-page indictment includes 86 suspects, most of whom are in prison.
An Istanbul court will hold the first hearing of the case on October 20th.
(BRC)
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