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The military has denied the coup allegations, saying the scenarios were merely part of a hypothetical war game for training purposes.The next hearing in the trial, which is expected to last several years, is scheduled for December 28.The Sledgehammer case parallels another trial in Turkey also centered on an alleged coup plot, known as "Ergenekon." Nearly 300 people, including journalists, academics and politicians, have been arrested in Cartier Santos 100 Automatic CR-63 with that trial, which has been ongoing since 2008.

On Tuesday Turkey's Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) announced that it was replacing the chief judge in the Sledgehammer case because of allegations by the ministry of justice that he had ties to suspects in the Ergenekon trial, as well as Cartier Santos 100 Automatic CR-63 to a drug ring and prostitution activities. To see more of dpa, go to http://www.dpa.de/English.82.0.html Copyright (c) 2010, dpa, Berlin Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For more information about the content services offered by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services (MCT), visit www.mctinfoservices.com.

Dec. 16--ISTANBUL -- Nearly 200 Turkish military officers accused of involvement in a coup plot are set to go on trial on Thursday -- in a court case likely to heighten tensions between Turkey's secular military and mildly Islamist government.A total of 196 retired and active officers, including the former commanders of the Turkish navy and air force, are alleged to have planned a coup in 2003 in a plot codenamed "Sledgehammer." Details of the plan were Cartier Santos 100 Automatic CR-67 revealed in documents leaked to the liberal newspaper Taraf in January 2010.

Thursday's hearing, taking place in a court in the town of Silivri just outside Istanbul, is expected to be the start of a trial that could last several years. Some of the suspects face up to 20 years in prison if convicted.The Sledgehammer plot is said to have included the Cartier Santos 100 CR-12 of two major mosques in Istanbul, an attack on a military museum by people disguised as Islamic fundamentalists and the provocation of military tensions with neighbouring Greece.