The trial is opening in Turkey of 486 suspects, including a number of generals and F-16 pilots, accused of leading last year's failed coup attempt and carrying out attacks from an air base in Ankara.
US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom the government blames for the coup, has been named as the main defendant in the case that opens today and will be tried in absentia.
Former air force commander Akin Ozturk and other defendants stationed at Akinci air base are accused of directing the coup and bombing key Government buildings, including the parliament.