Indictments reveal coup plot's details

Dozens of indictments with thousands of pages have been prepared since the thwarted coup, with many citing Fethullah Gülen as the main suspect.

One of the most high-profile cases regarding the attempted takeover concerned the events at the General Staff headquarters on July 15, where Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar and a number of high-ranking soldiers were held captive by coup plotters and then brought to the Akıncı Air Base in rural Ankara, the main location from which the coup activities were coordinated.

The indictment for 221 suspects identified 38 former four-star generals as constituting "Peace in the Nation Council," a name first heard on the night of the coup when a statement from the coup plotters was aired through the state-run TRT.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Gen. Akar, along with generals affected by the attempted coup, are included in the indictment as victims.

The council members are accused of "attempting to abolish the Turkish Parliament by using force and violence," "attempting to abolish the Turkish government by using force and violence," "managing an armed organization," "attempting to assassinate the president," "killing 250 citizens," "injuring 2,735 citizens," and "restricting the liberty of state officials."

The aggravated life sentences demanded amounted to the number of all those killed and injured in the coup attempt, amounting to a historic 2,988 life sentences for each of the soldiers, apart from Semih Terzi who was killed by non-commissioned officer Ömer Halisdemir, an anti-coup resistance hero.

The trials into the killing of Halisdemir, who shot pro-coup general Terzi after the latter arrived at the Gölbaşı Special Forces Command in Ankara, have also started with 18...