Tag: Failed coup
ECOWAS deploys troops to Benin Republic after foiled coup
Troops, including soldiers from neighbouring Nigeria, are to support the government and protect the country’s constitutional order, ECOWAS said in…
Failed coup: Turkey detains 39 people
Turkish police on Wednesday detained no fewer than 39 people, including soldiers, over their alleged link to a U.S.-based Turkish…
Failed coup: Turkish court sentences 31 to life in prison
Former soldiers were among 31 people sentenced to life in prison by an Ankara court on Tuesday in a case…
2016 Failed Coup: Turkey orders detention of 300 military personnel
Turkish prosecutors on Friday ordered the detention of 300 military personnel over their alleged links to a group accused of…
Failed coup: Turkey orders detention of 140 people including serving army officers
Turkish prosecutors ordered the detention of 140 people including serving army officers over alleged links to U.S.-based preacher, Fethullah Gulen,…
Failed Coup: Turkey vows to arrest more Gulen followers abroad
The Turkish government has vowed to carry out new operations abroad to “pack” and bring home followers of U.S.-based Islamic…
Failed Coup: Turkey orders detention of 70 army officers
Turkish prosecutors have ordered the detention of 70 serving army officers over alleged links to the U.S.-based preacher accused of…
Failed Coup: Turkey seeks life imprisonment for detained U.S. pastor
A Turkish prosecutor on Tuesday requested life imprisonment for detained American pastor Andrew Brunson over alleged links to a failed…
Turkey’s coup attempt: Six journalists sentenced to life imprisonment
A court in Istanbul on Friday sentenced six Turkish journalists to aggravated life imprisonment each over their alleged involvement in…