Over 100 people were sentenced for links to the coup, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported.
A judiciary source told AA that a heavy penal court in the capital city of Ankara announced its verdict against 132 alleged members of Fethullah Gülen
... a Turkish preacher living in Pennsylvania whom the current govt of Turkey considers responsible for all the ills afflicting Turkey and possibly the entire world. Gülen and Erdogan used to be really good friends, but only one of them could be sultan, and Gülen lost...
’s Hizmet (Service) movement - accused by Ankara of orchestrating the failed coup attempt against President His Enormity, 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. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...The failed coup attempt, blamed on Erdogan’s former ally, resulted in the death of 251 people and injured 2,200 others, according to AA.
Twelve army personnel were given aggravated life sentences for attempting to violate the constitutional order, according to the unnamed source. Eight other suspects were sentenced to life in jail on the same charges.
An aggravated life sentence means no prospect of an early release.
The remaining suspects were sentenced to six to 34 years in prison. Nine people were acquitted.
The charges included depriving various victims and complainants of their liberty, being a member of an armed terror organization, and murder.
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According to the latest annual report on crackdowns against Gulen’s movement, published in January, 125,678 civil servants were dismissed and 270 students were dismissed from school and universities for their alleged links to the movement. A total of 2,761 institutions and organizations were also closed for the same reason.