The alleged Naval Forces Command plan called the Cage Operation Action Plan will be reviewed by the court today. The suspected instigators will appear before the Istanbul 12th High Criminal Court on charges of membership in a terrorist organization.

An indictment of the plot involves 33 suspects, all retired and active duty naval officers. The 65-page document calls for jail sentences of up to 15 years for three admirals on charges of membership in a terrorist group. It also seeks lengthy prison terms for 30 other defendants on similar charges. The indictment also contains six additional folders of evidence.

The Cage plan is a suspected Naval Forces Command plot to undermine the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) by assassinating prominent non-Muslim figures in Turkey and putting the blame for the killings on the party. The plan was intended to intimidate the country's non-Muslim groups, which was expected to increase internal and external pressure on the ruling party. In turn, weakening public support for the party was intended to eventually lead to a military takeover. According to the indictment, the naval plot team was coordinated and led by retired Adm. Ahmet Feyyaz Öðütçü.

Details of the Cage plan were found on a CD seized last year in the office of retired Maj. Levent Bektaþ, who was arrested for suspected links to a large cache of munitions buried in Ýstanbul's Poyrazköy district. The discovery was made as part of an investigation into Ergenekon, a clandestine organization, similar to the Italian Gladio, whose suspected members are currently standing trial on charges of having plotted to overthrow the government.