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Turkey hands life sentences to 104 suspects over 2016 coup attempt
 [PRESSTV] A court in western ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... has handed down life sentences to 104 people convicted of involvement in a coup attempt two years ago. The court in the city of Izmir issued the rulings on Monday, saying the former military personnel had been "attempting to overthrow the constitutional order." The life sentences were of the "aggravated" nature, which Turkey uses instead of the death penalty and carries harsher conditions than normal life sentences. Among those sentenced to life were lieutenant general Hasan Huseyin Demirarslan, who served as former air force chief of staff, and major general Memduh Hakbilen, ex-Aegean army command chief of staff. The suspects are believed to have played a key role in the July 15, 2016 coup attempt against President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First  ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey.... The coup, which left more than 260 people killed, including 24 coup plotters, triggered a large-scale crackdown in Turkey, with over 200,000 either nabbed Book 'im, Mahmoud! or discharged from their jobs over their role in the coup. In its Monday rulings, the court in Izmir also issued 20-year jail sentences for 21 other suspects for "assisting the liquidation of the president" as well as sentences between seven years and six months and 10 years and six months for 31 suspects for being a member of an armed terror group. Erdogan said after the botched putsch that he had been the target of a terror plot when he was on holiday in the Aegean resort of Marmaris with his family on the eve of the coup attempt. Posted by: Fred 2018-05-22 |
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