A Turkish military guard of honor march in front of the army's headquarters during a ceremony in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, April 7, 2010. A power struggle between Turkey's Islamic-rooted government and its fiercely secular military escalated Tuesday when a court in Istanbul formally charged a senior general with plotting to overthrow the civilian leadership. The former head of the country's National Security Council, Gen. Sukru Sariisik, joined dozens of serving and retired senior officers accused of conspiring to destabilize the government in a conspiracy dubbed Balyoz, or 'the sledgehammer'.
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