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1980 MILITARY COUP LEADERS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON
15:40 â~@¢ 18.06.14
An Ankara court June 18 sentenced the two key defendants in the case
of the Sept. 12, 1980 military coup d'état to life in prison, the
Hurriyet Daily News reports.
The court first sentenced the two surviving members of the junta,
coup leader Kenan Evren and then-commander of the Air Force, Tahsin
Å~^ahinkaya, to aggravated life sentences on coup charges, but then
reduced it to life in prison, due to attenuating circumstances.
The court also ruled that the coup leaders should be stripped of
their military ranks.
Prosecutor Erdinc Hakan Ozdabakoglu introduced his final opinion
regarding the case before the decision, demanding Evren and Å~^ahinkaya
be sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment on charges related to
Article 146 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK), which covers criminal
attempts to change all or part of the Turkish Constitution.
Fifty people were executed, an estimated half a million arrested,
hundreds died in prison and many more disappeared during the three
years of military rule following the Sept. 12, 1980 coup, Turkey's
third in 20 years.
The 1980 coup leaders argued they were forced to intervene to restore
order after years of chaos, in which 5,000 people died in factional
violence between leftist and rightist groups.
Evren, 95, and Å~^ahinkaya, 90, have already filed individual appeals
to the Constitutional Court, arguing their rights have been violated
due to the trial.
Armenian News - Tert.am
15:40 â~@¢ 18.06.14
An Ankara court June 18 sentenced the two key defendants in the case
of the Sept. 12, 1980 military coup d'état to life in prison, the
Hurriyet Daily News reports.
The court first sentenced the two surviving members of the junta,
coup leader Kenan Evren and then-commander of the Air Force, Tahsin
Å~^ahinkaya, to aggravated life sentences on coup charges, but then
reduced it to life in prison, due to attenuating circumstances.
The court also ruled that the coup leaders should be stripped of
their military ranks.
Prosecutor Erdinc Hakan Ozdabakoglu introduced his final opinion
regarding the case before the decision, demanding Evren and Å~^ahinkaya
be sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment on charges related to
Article 146 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK), which covers criminal
attempts to change all or part of the Turkish Constitution.
Fifty people were executed, an estimated half a million arrested,
hundreds died in prison and many more disappeared during the three
years of military rule following the Sept. 12, 1980 coup, Turkey's
third in 20 years.
The 1980 coup leaders argued they were forced to intervene to restore
order after years of chaos, in which 5,000 people died in factional
violence between leftist and rightist groups.
Evren, 95, and Å~^ahinkaya, 90, have already filed individual appeals
to the Constitutional Court, arguing their rights have been violated
due to the trial.
Armenian News - Tert.am