Nearly 500 suspects stand trial over Turkey's failed coup

Nearly 500 suspects, including a number of generals and military pilots, have gone on trial in Turkey accused of leading last year's failed coup attempt and carrying out attacks from an air base in Ankara.

Nearly 500 suspects stand trial over Turkey's failed coup

Nearly 500 suspects, including a number of generals and military pilots, have gone on trial in Turkey accused of leading last year's failed coup attempt and carrying out attacks from an air base in Ankara.

US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom the government blames for the coup, has been named as the main defendant in the case and will be tried in absentia.

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