Former Turkish army head jailed for life over conspiracy


  • World
  • Tuesday, 06 Aug 2013

SILIVRI, Turkey (Reuters) - A Turkish court on Monday jailed a former military chief for life and imprisoned scores of other senior figures, in a coup plot trial that helped bring the once all-powerful military to heel while alienating a secularist old order.

Retired military chief of staff General Ilker Basbug was sentenced to life for his role in the "Ergenekon" conspiracy to overthrow the government of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan.

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