The amnesty concerns, in practice, the last five retired generals who have not yet been released from prison, aged 80-90, with a serious health condition.
By a decision of the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an amnesty is granted to retired generals convicted of the coup d’état of February 28, 1997, who are still in prison.
The amnesty concerns, in practice, the last five retired generals who have not yet been released from prison, aged 80-90, with a serious health condition.
From August 2022 to March 2023, nine convicted generals had already been released for reasons of health or advanced age. Another died in December 2022 in prison.
The so-called “post-modern coup” of February 28, 1997 was triggered by decisions taken under duress by the military leadership at the meeting of Turkey’s National Security Council on February 28, 1997, with the aim of defending the secular and Kemalist character of the state, which against the army was targeted by rising Islamist political circles. It was directed against then Prime Minister Nejmetin Erbakan, historical leader of Turkish political Islam and president of the Islamist Welfare Party, as well as Tansu Çiler, deputy prime minister and foreign minister, president of the center-right Right Path Party.
The implementation of the decisions of the National Security Council led to the resignation of Erbakan and the fall of the two-party coalition government on June 18 of the same year.
Source :Skai
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