Turkish courts have handed down 1,655 life sentences so far in 200 investigations following the 2016 failed coup, according to state-run Anadolu news agency.
A total of 289 cases were opened against coup suspects, media said, adding that 1,655 life sentences were given in 200 of those cases.
Of 1,655, 765 were aggravate life sentences, meaning the convicts “have to spend the rest of their lives in solitary confinement, without the possibility of parole.”
Meanwhile, another 798 suspects were sentenced to jail terms of varying lengths.
Apart from the coup trials, thousands have been convicted of being members of or leading a terrorist group after they were rounded up over their alleged ties to the Gulen movement.
The Turkish government accuses the Gulen movement of being behind the July 15, 2016 failed coup. The latter denies involvement.
More than 150,000 people have passed through police custody and some 90,000 have been remanded in pre-trial detention.
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