Trial begins for 29 police officers accused of coup attempt

Record ID: 162497

  • Title: Trial begins for 29 police officers accused of coup attempt
  • Date: 27th December 2016
  • Summary: SILIVRI, TURKEY (DECEMBER 27, 2016) (REUTERS) ENTRANCE OF SILIVRI PRISON COMPOUND GENDARMERIE SOLDIER SEARCHING VAN AT ENTRANCE GATE CARS DRIVING IN PARAMILITARY SOLDIERS AT SECURITY CHECKPOINT EXTERIORS OF SIVILRI PRISON COMPOUND POLICE OFFICERS ON TRIAL BEING TAKEN TO COURT HOUSE AS SEEN FROM DISTANCE VARIOUS OF GENDARMERIE SOLDIERS MANNING WATCH TOWER PEOPLE STANDING BY ENTRANCE TO SILIVRI COURTHOUSE GENDARMERIE SOLDIER STANDING GUARD RELATIVES ENTERING COURTHOUSE VARIOUS OF RELATIVES WAITING OUTSIDE COURTHOUSE PEOPLE LEAVING BUILDING RELATIVES WAITING OUTSIDE COURTHOUSE AS SEEN FROM WINDOW OTHER RELATIVES STANDING BY WALL VARIOUS OF A GROUP OF FAMILIES WAITING OUTSIDE COURTHOUSE (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) PLAINTIFF'S LAWYER, ORHAN CAGRI BEKAR, SAYING: "Everyone involved in the coup attempt must have a fair trial. Those who are not guilty must be separated. Those who are guilty must be sentenced to the heaviest punishment because this is a betrayal against the country. This is a coup attempt to topple the legal government and this is a terrorist organisation. These people are members of FETO (Fethullah Gulen Terrorist Organization). We are here to make sure that these people have a fair trial and are sentenced to the heaviest punishments." VARIOUS OF GENDARMERIE SOLDIERS WALKING NEAR COURT HOUSE
  • Embargoed: 11th January 2017 08:29
  • Keywords: Turkey trial coup policemen putschists relatives
  • Location: SILIVRI AND ISTANBUL, TURKEY
  • City: SILIVRI AND ISTANBUL, TURKEY
  • Country: Turkey
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions
  • Reuters ID: LVA0015ENQ24N
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Twenty-nine Turkish police officers went on trial on Tuesday (December 29) on charges of being involved in July's failed coup.
    The first trial against alleged putschists was held amid tight security at a court house in a huge prison complex at Silivri to the west of Istanbul.
    Prosecutors are seeking three life sentences each for 21 policemen and demanding jail sentences of between seven-and-a-half and 15 years for the other eight officers, state-run Anadolu agency reported. It said the police officers were accused of not obeying orders to protect President Tayyip Erdogan's palace in Istanbul on the night of the coup.
    Relatives of the police officers attended the trial along with plaintiff lawyers who called for a fair trial.
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