Erdogan warns against 'witch hunt' in coup inquiries

Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said an investigation into the army's 1997 overthrow of an Islamist-led government should not turn into a "witch hunt" but signalled it could widen to the business world and media, news channels said on Sunday.

Five retired generals and dozens of officers have been arrested in the past 10 days over their alleged role in forcing the late Necmettin Erbakan, the country's first Islamist prime minister, to resign over what they perceived were violations of Turkey's secular constitution. (Reuters)