The sentence promised to be severe.
She finally fell this Thursday, November 26.
At the end of a river trial, which began in 2017 in the Sincan penitentiary complex, specially built for the occasion in Ankara province, 27 people were sentenced to life for attempted putsch.
Among them are the pilots involved in the bombing of Parliament and several other emblematic sites of the Turkish capital, on that famous night of July 15 to 16, 2016 when Recep Tayyip Erdogan almost saw his power change hands.
The court found them, among other things, guilty of
"attempt to overthrow the constitutional order"
,
"attempted assassination of the president"
and
"intentional homicides"
.
See also:
Turkey: "Erdogan used the coup to strengthen his powers"
Aggravated life imprisonment, which includes more stringent conditions of detention, was also required for four civilians, including businessman Kemal Batmaz.
Sixty defendants were also sentenced to various sentences
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