| Author (Corporate) | Euro|Topics |
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| Publisher | Euro|Topics |
| Series Title | Debates |
| Series Details | August 2017 |
| Publication Date | 08/08/2017 |
| Content Type | News, Overview |
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The Debates feature from Euro|Topics offers English (+ French and German) translations of a selections of articles in European news sources on this topic. Euro|Topics relaunched their website during 2016. Features published before that date are still available via an archive website (see related url hyperlinks).In Turkey the trial against 486 people who allegedly took part in a failed coup orchestrated by preacher Fethullah Gülen in the summer of 2016 begain in August 2017. The prosecution wanted life imprisonment for many of the accused - and crowds outside the court called for the death sentence. The Ankara 4th Criminal Court began on the 1 August 2017 the trial on events at the Akıncı Air Base, from which warplanes took off on the 15 July 2016 to bomb the Turkish Parliament and other key state offices, killing 77 people. The expectations of the Turkish and wider press and media regarding the trial varied considerably. |
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| Source Link | Link to Main Source http://www.eurotopics.net/en/184045/will-the-coup-trial-in-turkey-bring-any-clarity |
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| Countries / Regions | Turkey |
