Ex-officers held in alleged coup plot

Two retired generals were jailed in connection with an alleged plot to topple Turkey's Islamic-rooted government, the highest-ranking ex-soldiers detained as part of the inquiry.

The two were among 21 people rounded up in the last week in the investigation into an alleged secularist and nationalist network called Ergenekon, the state-run Anatolia news agency said.

Retired Gen. Hursit Tolon, who once headed the paramilitary force, and former top army commander Sener Eruygur, who helped organize anti-government rallies last year, were being held at an Istanbul jail.