Anadolu Agency says a court today ordered Mehmet Baransu jailed as part of an investigation into allegations that the military officers were framed by followers of a US-based Muslim cleric, a former ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who has now turned into a government foe.
In 2010, Baransu's Taraf newspaper published what it said was evidence showing that officers plotted against the government in 2003. Baransu later provided a suitcase-load of documents to prosecutors, including CDs that purported to prove the coup plans.