330 suspects go on trial for Turkey coup
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THE biggest trial of suspects accused of involvement in last year’s failed July coup opened in Turkey yesterday in a courtroom specially built to hold more than 1,500 people.
Some 330 suspects are being put on trial in Sincan outside the capital Ankara, and if convicted, they face multiple life sentences over their alleged links to the attempted overthrow of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Over 240 of those named in the indictment are in custody, state-run news agency Anadolu reported.
The suspects, many of them from the Polatli artillery and missile school command in Ankara, have been charged with murder or attempted murder. They also stand accused of attempting to remove the government and parliament of the Turkish republic or trying to prevent those institutions from conducting their work.
The case is being heard at Sincan prison where there was heavy security in place. The courtroom — which has space for 1,558 people — was packed with security forces around the suspects as they testified.
The first suspect, a military cadet called Abdulkadir Kahraman, told the court that on the night of the coup, troops had been informed by their commander that there had been a terror attack and were given ammunition.
Other suspects gave similar statements, including Arif Ozan Demir, who told the court the commander told them there had been an attack and that they should “be prepared.”
Ankara has blamed the failed putsch on Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen — who lives in self-imposed exile in the United States — and his movement.
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