Melek Çetinkaya, the mother of one of the military cadets who were imprisoned in the aftermath of a failed military coup in July 2016, was sent to prison early on Friday.
According to Çetinkaya’s daughter, Rüveyda, she was jailed for “praising a crime and those who committed it.”
Melek Çetinkaya is the mother of Furkan Çetinkaya, one of the cadets at the Turkish Air Force Academy. Her son has been held in İstanbul’s Silivri Prison since the failed coup attempt in 2016.
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.
As of January 2020, at least 355 military cadets have been given life sentences on coup charges.
The military coup attempt killed 355 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 group. The group denies any involvement.
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— Rüveyda Çetinkaya (@ruvecda) July 17, 2020
from Turkey Purge https://turkeypurge.com/turkey-jails-mother-of-imprisoned-military-cadet
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