In this file photograph taken on July 16, 2016, a tank crashes into a car as people take to the streets in Ankara, during a protest against a military coup. A Turkish court on April 7, 2021, has sentenced 22 former soldiers to life in jail for their roles in a failed 2016 bid to oust President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
These included former lieutenant colonel Umit Gencer, who was convicted of “violating the constitutional order” by making TRT television read out a “coup declaration”. An aggravated life sentence has tougher terms of detention and replaced the death penalty after it was abolished in 2004.
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