Turkish Prosecutors Demand Life Sentence for 62 Coup Attempt Participants

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Turkey military coup, Bosphorus bridge. Photo: Twitter.

ANKARA (Sputnik) – According to the NTV broadcaster, the prosecutors demanded triple life sentences for 62 servicemen, including 28 officers, who tried to seize Sabiha Gokcen airport in Istanbul.

On July 15, a military coup attempt took place in Turkey. It was suppressed the following day. Over 240 people were killed during the thwarted coup and an estimated 2,000 were wounded.

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