According to the prosecutor’s office, it's because they're accused of having links to the network of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen.
Ankara says it was him who orchestrated a 2016 attempted coup.
Those who are facing jailtime include three colonels, eight majors and 10 lieutenants.

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