Melek Çetinkaya, mother of Furkan Çetinkaya, one of the military cadets who were jailed on coup charges in the aftermath of a failed military coup in July 2016, has marched to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) headquartrs in Ankara in order to demand an end to her son’s 3-year-long imprisonment.
According to the Kronos news portal, Çetinkaya’s march was stifled by Ankara police when she started waving a banner that read “19-year-old cadets were given life in prison on coup charges.”
She was also heard yelling “damn you and your justice!.”
A total of 259 military cadets were detained on coup charges on July 16, 2016 and were arrested four days later. The cadets were indicted one year after they were sent to jail, and their trial was concluded in May 2018. One hundred seventy-eight of the cadets were given life sentences on charges of attempting to overturn the constitutional order and attempting to overthrow the Turkish government and parliament by use of force as well as membership in a terrorist organization.
The cadets say they had no information about a coup attempt unfolding and were acting on orders from their superiors, who told them there was a terrorist attack.
The military coup attempt killed 249 people and wounded more than a thousand others. Immediately after the abortive putsch, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government along with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pinned the blame on the Gülen movement. The movement strongly denies any involvement in the failed coup.
38 aydır cezaevinde olan Hava Harp Okulu öğrencisi Taha Furkan Çetinkaya'nın annesi Melek Çetinkaya, Ankara'da AKP önünde protesto yapmak istedi. Fakat polis tarafından engellendi. pic.twitter.com/2UCaPiuGPQ
— Kronos (@KronosHaber) September 17, 2019
from Turkey Purge https://turkeypurge.com/mother-of-imprisoned-cadet-marches-to-akp-headquarters-to-demand-sons-release
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