Tag: balyoz

As the threat of a physical war with Syria literally shook the ground along the border, there was and still is another battle that has dominated Turkish society for decades, ...

A week ago on Friday the landmark Turkish court ruling about the “Balyoz” (Sledgehammer) case initially resulted in handing down three 20-year plus another 214 extended sentences, respectively, for a ...

A leading European politician has lauded a court verdict sentencing more than 300 retired and serving army officers, including former generals, to jail for plotting for a coup, saying if ...

Turkey's General Staff feels “sorrow” for the sentences that were meted out on Sept. 21 to 324 soldiers as part of the “Balyoz” (Sledgehammer) case, the military said in a ...

Human rights group Amnesty International (AI) released a statement on Friday concerning the conclusion of the Sledgehammer coup trial, saying that there would have been many killings and human rights ...

When the Balyoz (Sledgehammer) CDs first came to the newspaper, it turned out to be my task to listen to the voice recordings of the planning seminar held by the ...

Former Chief of General Staff Gen. Hilmi Özkök has said it is impossible for him to join the critics of the Sledgehammer coup trial, which concluded last week, and say ...

Members of minority groups in Turkey have applauded the sentences handed down to suspects in the Sledgehammer coup trial, which concluded on Friday, interpreting the İstanbul court's decisions as likely ...

Former Chief of General Staff Gen. Hilmi Özkök has said it is impossible for him to join the critics of the Sledgehammer coup trial, which concluded last week, and say ...