A Turkish court investigating coup plot allegations released a retired general and the former chairman of an education board on Sunday, state-run Anatolian news service said. The two were detained last week along with some 40 people in a case that has further tested relations between the Islamist-rooted government and the powerful military.
A former police chief who was among those detained was formally arrested, Anatolian said. Eighty-six people, including retired army officers, politicians and lawyers, are on trial in the "Ergenekon" coup plot investigation, which has increased political tensions in the European Union candidate country.