Turkey court jails hundreds for life for 2016 coup plot against Erdogan

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

A court in Turkey has given life sentences to 337 military officers and others, in one of the biggest trials linked to the 2016 coup attempt.

Air force pilots and army commanders were among the nearly 500 defendants accused of trying to overthrow President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

They allegedly directed the plot from the Akinci air base near Ankara.
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Mr Gulen has denied any involvement in the attempted coup in July 2016 that killed 251 people and injured more than 2,000. Mr Erdogan was on vacation at the time at a resort.

Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-55083955

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Hard to believe they each got a fair trial; I imagine there's a lot of "punish the lot, they're all the same as far as we're concerned" in the verdict.

[doc03]

1. So the Republicans attempt a coup in the USA and all the co-conspirators get

away with it. This is setting the stage for the real thing in 2024.

[LiberalLovinLug]

2. One coup that I wish would have worked

I feel so sorry for those good people that tried. From what I gather it was mostly more liberal people that were concerned with Erdogen's authoritarianism, and his crack down on democratic institutions and freedoms.

[ucrdem]

3. Turkey court

Justice for drumsticks

[Evolve Dammit]

4. 45 would love this. We need to make sure it never happens here. Hoping we learn from last 4.

[CaptainTruth]

5. Can we do this with everyone who helped with Trump's coup attempt?