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 državnog udara, pod šifrovanim imenom Malj, obelodanio je list Taraf u februaru, a on je trebalo da uključuje bombaške napade na džamije i izazivanje vojnih tenzija sa Grčkom, kako bi se stvorila nestabilnost, kao uvod preuzimanju vlasti od strane vojske.