The supposed coup plan, code-named Sledgehammer, was revealed by the Taraf newspaper in February, and would have involved bombing mosques and provoking military tensions with Greece to create instability as a pretext for a military takeover.
Navodni plan vojnog udara, kodnog naziva Malj, objavile su novine Taraf u veljači, a trebao je uključivati bombardiranje džamija i izazivanje vojnih tenzija s Grčkom u cilju izazivanja nestabilnosti koja bi poslužila kao izlika za preuzimanje vlasti od strane vojske.