Coup d'état

The leader of Turkey’s main opposition party will watch Beşiktaş’s UEFA Europa League tie against in the stadium alongside çArşı, as an act of solidarity with the supporters’ group whose members were recently charged with 'attempting to stage a coup'

An Istanbul court has accepted the indictment charging members of the çArşı supporters’ group of a 'coup attempt' against the government

As of yesterday, more than 100 suspects, most of whom were former police officers in key positions, were in custody, as part of an investigation into the “parallel state” claims.

An Ankara court June 18 sentenced the two key defendants in the case of the Sept. 12, 1980 military coup d’état to life in prison.