Turkish court sentences 32 to life in prison over 2016 coup In mass trial of 497 defendants, an Ankara court issued 32 life sentences to former soldiers Wednesday for their involvement in a 2016 coup attempt to oust Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
A soldier in a watchtower stands guard at the courthouse of Sincan, outside Ankara, on April 7, 2021, as the verdicts are read in the trial of 497 defendants in the 2016 coup attempt.
April 7, 2021
ISTANBUL In one of the final mass trials stemming from the failed 2016 coup in Turkey, an Ankara court sentenced 32 former soldiers to life in prison Wednesday for attempting to oust Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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In Turkeyâs Failed Coup, Trainees Face the Same Stiff Punishments as Generals
The families of trainee pilots sentenced to life in prison broke their silence to protest the menâs innocence. The pilots are among more than 600 trainees and conscripts swept up in prosecutions.
Clothes and weapons belonging to soldiers involved in the failed coup attempt on the Bosphorus bridge in Istanbul in 2016.Credit.Getty Images
April 3, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
ISTANBUL â Their happiness shines out of the photograph: 14 graduates of Turkeyâs Air Force Academy celebrating their completion of a flight training program with a picture together in front of a fighter jet.