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A total of 337 people, including army officers, have been sentenced to life imprisonment for a failed military coup in Turkey. A Turkish court announced the verdict on Thursday.
On July 15, 2016, an attempt was made to expel Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from an air base near the capital Ankara.
A case was brought against 500 people, including the commander of the air force and the army. News-BBC.
Ankara has blamed Fethullah Gulen, a cleric and businessman in exile in the United States, for the coup attempt.
At that time fighter planes, helicopters and tanks were shot down and an attempt was made to capture important state institutions. More than two hundred five hundred people died in clashes with the army.
Among those convicted are at least 25 pilots of F-16 fighter jets. Others, including former Air Force commander Akin Oztark, have been accused of plotting coups and ordering bombings on key government buildings, including the parliament building. Life sentences have been increasingly imposed on them. This means that these convicts will not be granted parole.
On the night of July 15, 2016, a part of the army tried to stage a coup for no good reason. The army took up position on the road around 6:30 pm local time. Unarmed mobs repulsed the rebel forces with air strikes.
Rebel forces also stormed the Istanbul office of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), headed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
At the beginning of the coup, General Hulesia, the head of the army, was captured. Soldiers and officials from the Istanbul cantonment did not support the coup.
The Chief of the Naval General Staff and the Commander of the Special Forces opposed the attempted coup. Insurgents in various cities and cantonments surrendered one by one to resistance from their loyal colleagues and the government.
Despite this, Erdogan told people to stay on the streets. The people remained in the streets until the final victory was achieved. The government took a tough and tough stance in dealing with the coup situation.
At least 251 people died and more than 2,200 were injured in the coup, a rebel group called the Turkish Peace Council. The terrorist attacked shortly after noon in front of a Turkish parliament building and a presidential palace. The shots were also heard from the main airports in Ankara and Istanbul.
After the coup, the government initiated mass arrests. 40,000 people were arrested. 10,000 of them are soldiers. Two thousand 845 judges were also detained. In addition, 15,000 employees were laid off from the educational institution. The government canceled the licenses of 21,000 teachers. In total, the Turkish government took action against approximately one million people.
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