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Turkey jails hundreds for life over 2016 failed coup attempt
In one of the biggest cases related to the plot to overthrow the government, 337 ex-pilots and others sentenced to life.
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A Turkish court has jailed 337 former pilots and other suspects for life over plot to overthrow President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a failed coup attempt four years ago, a court document obtained by AFP news agency showed on Thursday.
Nearly 500 defendants were accused of carrying out the attempt to overthrow the government on July 15, 2016, from an airbase near the capital Ankara.