Today verdict of the court for 497 accused for the failed coup in Turkey

A mass trial is approaching, one of many for the attempted military coup of July 2016 in Turkey, as an Ankara court is expected to announce its verdict today for the 497 accused.

This trial, which began in October 2017, had 243 hearings.

Among the accused are formerly senior officers of the presidential guard, as noted by the Turkish state agency Anadolu and rebroadcasts AMPE.

The prosecutor requested that 90 of the accused be sentenced to life imprisonment and that many others be sentenced to life imprisonment and imprisonment.

He also suggested that 264 of the accused be acquitted and that the prosecution of 11 fugitives continue, according to Anatoli.

The defendants, among other things, occupied the premises of the Turkish Public Radio and Television, TRT, and forced a presenter to read the coup’s announcements live. They are also accused of trying to overthrow the constitutional order and of belonging to a terrorist organization.

104 of them are already in prison, while 11 are being tried in absentia.

Ankara accuses him Fethullah Gulen, an Islamist preacher who has exiled himself to the US, that he was the mastermind of the coup attempt and have characterized his religious order as a terrorist organization.

The preacher, once a staunch supporter and ally of President Erdogan, denies the allegations.

Turkish authorities arrested tens of thousands of people and removed more than 100,000 by the state apparatus after the failed coup. About 21,000 of them belonged to the ranks of the armed forces.

Of the 289 lawsuits involving attempted enforcement coup, the 14 are still in progress, according to the East.