After Judicial Shake-Up, Turkish Court Upholds Balyoz Verdict Erdoğan Once Called a “FETÖ” Plot

After Judicial Shake-Up, Turkish Court Upholds Balyoz Verdict Erdoğan Once Called a “FETÖ” Plot

In a development raising serious questions about the independence of the judiciary, the 3rd Criminal Chamber of Turkey’s Court of Cassation has upheld prison sentences against six retired military officers in the long-running Balyoz (Sledgehammer) case—just days after a sweeping reshuffle of the chamber's membership. The chamber approved the convictions of retired officers Çetin Doğan, İhsan Balabanlı, Behzat Balta, Mehmet Kaya Varol, Erdal Akya…

The 3rd Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Appeals approved the prison sentences given to retired soldiers Çetin Doğan, İhsan Balabanlı, Behzat Balta, Mehmet Kaya Varol, Erdal Akyazan, and Emin Küçükkılıç in the Sledgehammer Plan Case.