‘Erdogan assassination plot’ suspects go on trial in Turkey
20 February 2017 |
2:01 pm
The trial opens of almost 50 suspects accused of plotting to assassinate Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a luxury Aegean hotel on the night of the botched July 15 coup.
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