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104 military personnel bag life sentences in Turkey
Turkish authorities have continued its crackdown on nationals suspected to be involved in the failed 2016 coup attempt after no less than 104 military personnel were slammed with life sentences.
According to the state-run Anadolu news agency, the former military personnel were given “aggravated life sentences” by a court in the western province of Izmir on Monday for “attempting to overthrow constitutional order”.
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Reports say life sentence which replaced the death penalty in Turkey, carry harsher conditions than normal life sentences, with a total number of 280 military staff on trial over the failed coup bid.
Among the suspects receiving life sentences were former Air Force Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Hasan Huseyin Demiraslan and ex-Aegean Army Command Chief of Staff Major General Memduh Hakbilen.
Many of those arrested were suspected of having links with US-based figure Fethullah Gulen who has been blamed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for sponsoring the failed coup attempt.
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