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Turkish court sentenced hundreds of people - maximum sentences of up to 79 times life imprisonment

2020-11-28T23:14:04.455Z


More than four years after the attempted coup in Turkey, a court sentenced hundreds of people. Some received maximum sentences of 79 times life imprisonment.


More than four years after the attempted coup in Turkey, a court sentenced hundreds of people.

Some received maximum sentences of 79 times life imprisonment.

  • In 2016, there was

    an

    attempted coup

    against

    President Erdogan

    and his government

    in

    Turkey

    .

  • Now a court in the Turkish

    capital Ankara has

    sentenced hundreds of people who are said to have participated in the

    coup

    .

  • Among them are high-ranking

    military

    ,

    pilots

    and

    police officers

    .

Ankara - The

coup attempt

in

Turkey was

more than four years ago.

Now a court in the capital

Ankara has passed

hundreds of sentences against

people involved in

the

coup

.

More than 475 people have been charged in the main trial.

Among them are leaders, as the state news agency

Anadolu reported

on Thursday (November 26, 2020).

The judgments were made, among other things, for “attempted coup”, “assassination attempt on the president” and “willful homicide”.

Sentences of up to

79 times life imprisonment have been given under aggravated conditions

.

According to the

Anadolu

News Agency

, the convicts include high-ranking

military officials

,

pilots

and

civilians

.

They were all

involved in the

night of

the

coup

around the

Akinci Air Force Base

.

The coup was led from this base.

After the coup in Turkey: 250 dead and over 2,000 injured

On the evening of July 15, 2016, parts of the

military

tried

to put a coup

against

Erdogan

and his government.

During the night, fighting broke out in Istanbul and Ankara between the putschists and state security forces.

The putschists were equipped with tanks and fighter jets and fired, among other things, at civilians who opposed them.

Erdogan had previously called on the civilian population to do so.

The

parliament building

in

Ankara

was shot at during the fighting.

Over 250 people were

killed

in the

night of

the

coup

and around 2000 injured.

The coup attempt was finally put down by the government.

Conviction by the Ankara court: maximum sentences of 79 times life imprisonment

The maximum sentences of 79 times life imprisonment were given, among other things, to pilots who

are said to have bombed

parliament

and the

police

headquarters that

night

.

In addition, four men were convicted of

plotting

to

assassinate

the

president

and received maximum sentences.

The

trial

had already started on August 1, 2017.

The Turkish government sees the preacher

Fethullah Gülen as

the main

person

responsible for the coup.

He lives in the USA and still vehemently rejects the accusation.

According to a statement by the

Turkish Interior Minister

, to date 292,000 people have been arrested in government operations against the Gülen movement and 96,000 have been arrested.

Participants are still being sought.

As early as June of this year, numerous people who are said to have participated in the coup were convicted.

Some experts still assume that

President Erdogan

staged the coup in 2016 himself.

(at)

List of rubric lists: © Xinhua / dpa

Source: merkur

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