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Sentences handed down to 120 soldiers
After a failed coup in 2016, the court found the military guilty of attempting to violate the constitutional order.
More than four years after a failed coup attempt in Turkey, 120 military personnel were sentenced, all sentenced to long prison terms. 92 of them were sentenced to life imprisonment, including 12 under particularly strict conditions, Turkish state agency Anadolu reported on Wednesday, December 30.
The court found the military guilty of attempting to violate the constitutional order. In total, 132 people were charged in this case. Nine were acquitted of all charges, the rest were sentenced to shorter prison terms.
The verdict at the end of November
In late November, an Ankara court sentenced 337 other defendants in a coup case to life imprisonment, and found them guilty of violating the constitution, attempted murder of the president and murder. Among those convicted are officers and pilots of the Turkish Air Force. The pilots were found guilty of bombing buildings in Ankara during the coup attempt, and the officers were found guilty of directing the rebels from the Akinci military base in the vicinity of the Turkish capital. In the case of the attempted coup against the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, there were almost 500 defendants.
In early December, Izmir prosecutors issued arrest warrants for more than 300 Turkish military and civilians on suspicion of links to radical Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen. Most of the suspects are active duty military personnel, nearly 200 have already been arrested during police operations in 50 provinces of Turkey.
Attempted coup in Turkey
As a result of the attempted coup in July 2016, according to official data, more than 250 people died and some 2,000 were injured. The Turkish authorities blamed the rebellion on the Gulen movement, which has lived in exile in the United States since 1999 and seeks the preacher’s extradition. Gulen himself denies any accusation of involvement in the coup.
After the repression of the coup, the Turkish authorities drastically tightened pressure on the opposition. Hundreds of court hearings have been held across the country. Tens of thousands of people were detained and arrested, tens of thousands of officials lost their jobs. From the ranks of the Turkish armed forces alone, according to official figures, more than 20,500 people have been fired.
Source: DW Russian Service
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