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| The Grand Turk |
| Istanbul court orders release of military officers |
| 2014-06-20 |
| [Iran Press TV] A court in the Turkish city of Istanbul has ruled that 230 military officers sentenced to lengthy jail terms for allegedly plotting against the government should be released. Turkey's local media said on Thursday that the 4th Heavy Penal Court of Istanbul's Anatolia Courthouse ordered the release of the military officers, saying their jail sentences should be suspended until they stand a retrial. Some of the officers were reportedly released on Thursday afternoon. The ruling came a day after Turkey's Constitutional Court announced that the original trial of the officers has been flawed and their rights have been violated. The request for the retrial had formally been proposed by the Turkish army in December last year. "We share with all our heart the happiness of our personnel and their families and hope that their new trial will reach a just verdict," Turkey's Chief of Staff General Necdet Ozel said in a statement, welcoming the verdict. Back in September 2012, a tribunal near Istanbul handed down 13 to 20-year jail terms to scores of officers and retired generals on charges of plotting to overthrow Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi only they haven't dumped him yet... 's government in 2003. The ruling came under criticism by rights groups who questioned its impartiality. The officers were also accused of plotting to bomb mosques and trying to trigger a conflict with neighboring Greece in order to justify a military coup. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 The Soviets did more or less the same thing when the Germans attacked. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-06-20 10:03 |