INSIGHTS INTO TURKISH DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS DURING 1-16 AUGUST 2013
EGF Turkey and Black Sea Regional Analyst
After more than five years of investigations, accusations, and controversial charges, the Ergenekon coup case reached its conclusion on August 5. A special court sentenced 19 of the 275 defendants to lengthy prison terms for their roles in a grand conspiracy prosecutors say was intended to overthrow the democratically elected AKP government. Most notable of those convicted was former Armed Forces Chief of Staff, General Ilker Basbug, who now faces the rest of his life behind prison for his conviction as a member of a “terrorist organization”.
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