A Turkish court on Thursday jailed 27 former pilots and other suspects for life in one of the largest trials stemming from the failed 2016 coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, AFP reported.
A total of 251 people died and more than 2,000 were injured in the failed coup, which Turkey blames on Fethullah Gulen, a US-based Muslim preacher who was once an Erdogan ally.
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