ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's military said on Thursday it had filed a criminal complaint over court cases involving members of the armed forces, a move which could pave the way for the retrial of hundreds of officers convicted on coup plot charges.
Turkey's appeals court in October upheld the convictions of top retired officers for leading a plot to overthrow Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's government a decade ago, a case which underlined civilian dominance over a once all-powerful army.
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