Turkish coup victims call General Evren to account
By Daren Butler
ANKARA | Mon Apr 2, 2012 9:11am EDT
(Reuters) - Leftist student Erdal Eren was just 17 when Turkey's military hanged him after seizing power in a 1980 coup.
His cousin Gokhan is now among thousands calling the now silver-haired, 94-year-old coup leader General Kenan Evren to account in a trial this week which many Turks hope will help heal wounds from a history of military takeovers.
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