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Turkey's former chief of general staff demands release over PM Erdoğan’s remarks

Turkey's former chief of general staff demands release over PM Erdoğan’s remarks

ISTANBUL – Hürriyet

Former Chief of General Staff Gen. İlker Başbuğ, who was sentenced to life in prison as part of the Ergenekon coup plot trial, has filed a petition for his release citing Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s statement that there are “gangs within the state” as proof of his innocence.

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