In connection with the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey, a further 121 people have been sentenced to life imprisonment. The Ankara court found her guilty of participating in the coup in the gendarmerie leadership in the capital.
You were trying to violate the constitution. An increased life sentence was imposed on 86 of the suspects, the state news agency Anadolu reported.
For example, an ex-colonel received nine times life imprisonment with particularly strict conditions for „premeditated murder“. He is accused of ordering the killing of the chief of the police anti-terrorist unit and his bodyguard to be ordered hours after the failed coup. The bodyguard died, the chief of police survived seriously injured.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government blames U.S. Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen for the coup attempt in July 2016. Gülen had systematically infiltrated the military, police, ministries and the judiciary. Erdogan’s former ally Gülen denies the allegations. Ankara continues to act against the Gülen movement. Tens of thousands of followers are in custody. Members of the military in Turkey are also under special observation.
