Former chief of Turkish General Staff testifies in court

The chief of Turkey's gendarmerie forces, Gen. Bekir Kalyoncu, testified as a witness in the "Balyoz" (Sledgehammer) coup case in Istanbul today, Hurriyet Daily News reports.
 
It was the first time an active force commander has testified in an ongoing case. 
 
Prosecutors allege that suspects in the Sledgehammer case planned to stage attacks on mosques and to stoke tensions with neighboring Greece in order to destabilize the government. They claim the suspects planned the operation in a seminar codenamed "Sledgehammer."