Recommend this article  By Ayla Jean Yackley  ISTANBUL (Reuters)
- The jailing of hundreds of Turkish army officers including top
generals accused of plotting to topple Prime Minister Tayyip
Erdogan underscored how far he has come in gaining control of
the country's once all-powerful military.  But Erdogan, 10 years
in power, must grapple with suspicions among critics and even
some sympathizers that he is using this and other coup
investigations to silence opposition as he sets about taming a
militant secularist establishment. Far from flinching, he may
seek more power in a revamped presidency.  The verdict against
325 officers at the end of the 21-month trial on Friday would
have been unthinkable a decade ago, when generals regularly
intervened in policy-making as self-appointed guardians of
Turkish secularism.  Judges in the case, dubbed Sledgehammer,
handed down prison sentences ranging from six to 20 years
against the officers for plotting to wreck Erdogan's rule almost
10 years ago, soon after his Islami