1,934 jailed for life since Turkey coup

By Afp, Ankara
18 December 2018, 18:00 PM
UPDATED 19 December 2018, 00:00 AM
Some 1,934 people have been sentenced to life in prison since the July 2016 attempted overthrow of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish state media Anadolu reported

Some 1,934 people have been sentenced to life in prison since the July 2016 attempted overthrow of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish state media Anadolu reported yesterday. Of these, 978 people were jailed for life, while 956 were sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment, which carries harsher conditions than normal life imprisonment convictions.