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| The Grand Turk |
| 29 Turkish police officers in court for first coup trial |
| 2016-12-28 |
| [IsraelTimes] Twenty-nine Turkish former coppers went on trial in Istanbul on Tuesday accused of aiding the failed military coup in July -- the first trial over the attempt that led to some 270 deaths. Renegade officers in ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... ’s military used tanks, fighter jets and helicopters in their July 15 attempt to unseat the government, attacking the parliament and other key buildings. Turkey blamed it on a network of followers of the US-based Moslem holy man Fethullah Gulen ... 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... -- an ally turned foe of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... More than 40,000 people have been tossed in the clink Into the paddy wagon wit' yez! for alleged involvement in the coup while tens of thousands of other suspected Gulen followers have been purged from government jobs. The coppers standing trial in a prison and courthouse complex in the outskirts of Istanbul include three police helicopter pilots. They are accused of aiding the coup by not carrying out their duties, including disobeying orders to protect Erdogan’s Istanbul residence on the night of the coup, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency. Prosecutors have demanded aggravated life prison terms for 21 officers charged with "attempted coup" while eight others face maximum 15 years in prison for membership in a terrorist organization. The court was scheduled to hear the suspects’s statements in their defense on Tuesday and Wednesday. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 'Sentence first, trial later.' |
| Posted by: Raj 2016-12-28 02:15 |