Turkey puts Gulen, 269 others on trial over coup bid

  30 January 2017    Read: 1750
Turkey puts Gulen, 269 others on trial over coup bid
Turkey on Monday opened the biggest trial yet over the failed July coup, trying 270 suspects including, in absentia, the alleged mastermind Fethullah Gulen.
The suspects, 152 of whom are in pre-trial detention, include ex high-ranking military officials such as former Aegean Army Command Chief of Staff Major General Memduh Hakbilen, Anadolu reported.

US-based Islamic preacher Gulen is charged with ordering the failed July 15 coup, an accusation he strongly denies. Turkey has repeatedly asked the US to extradite Gulen. Those on trial in the western city of Izmir face multiple charges including being a member of the “armed terror group”.

/AFP/

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