“A retired soldier accused of plotting against the government has confirmed the existence of an alleged official order to set up websites defaming the ruling party in a statement that could further inflame tensions in Ankara,” Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review reports.

“The ‘Internet Memorandum’ is a real document,” retired Col. Dursun Cicek said Monday at a hearing for the case regarding the Action Plan for the Fight against Fundamentalism. Cicek is currently on trial in four different alleged coup-plot cases,” the newspaper reads.

“The Internet Memorandum is an alleged document by the General Staff about setting up 42 Internet sites to distribute propaganda against the ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, and Greeks and Armenians. Cicek’s statement about it could further disrupt the relation between the government and military,” the source says.