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| Turkey Sledgehammer trial: Key coup sentences upheld | Turkey Sledgehammer trial: Key coup sentences upheld |
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| A Turkish court has upheld the convictions of key military officers ruled to have plotted the overthrow of PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government. | A Turkish court has upheld the convictions of key military officers ruled to have plotted the overthrow of PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government. |
| A retired general accused of being the coup organiser, Cetin Dogan, had his 20-year prison sentence upheld. | A retired general accused of being the coup organiser, Cetin Dogan, had his 20-year prison sentence upheld. |
| More than 300 people were jailed last year over the so-called "Sledgehammer" plot against the Islamist government. | |
| The court also ruled that more than 100 defendants should be acquitted or face a retrial. | The court also ruled that more than 100 defendants should be acquitted or face a retrial. |