content tagged with 2016 coup attempt

President Erdoğan hailed the public resistance to the attempt while saying "we will never forgive those who call 15 July a staged event or a sham fight."

The judges and prosecutors will also be compensated, according to the ruling. Nearly 4,000 members of the judiciary had been dismissed following the attempt.

The professor revealed years after an indictment accusing Kavala of espionage that it wasn't Kavala but a journalist whom he ate dinner with. The prosecutors had already known that, said Kavala.

"Turkey's history will be examined in two periods: before July 15 and after July 15," Erdoğan said, while the CHP's Kaftancıoğlu reiterated her message that "neither a dictator nor a coup."

The allegations were "unfounded and irresponsible," the spokesperson of the US Department of State has said.

More than 100 defendants have received prison sentences for "attempted violation of the constitutional order."

Each defendant was handed 79 aggravated life sentences and 3,901 years in prison.

The Minister of Interior met with the protesters demanding to enjoy veterans' rights.