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    Turkey: Court overturns convictions of hundreds accused of planning coup

    A Turkish appeals court has canceled the convictions against 275 people, including senior military officials, who were accused of planning a coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

    Turkish media report that the defendants were convicted in 2013 but the appeals court found that the existence of the group was never proven.