Turkeys top court orders retrial for ex-officer in 2016 coup case over fair trial breach
Turkey’s Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that the right to a fair trial of a former noncommissioned officer convicted over the 2016 coup attempt was violated, ordering a retrial to remedy the breach.
The court unanimously found that Serdar Uzel’s right to a reasoned judgment was violated because the trial court failed to address evidence and arguments that could have affected the outcome, and did not explain why it rejected them. The case was sent back to the İstanbul 24th High Criminal Court for retrial.
Uzel was on duty at a Turkish military base in İstanbul on the night of the July 15, 2016, coup attempt. He was initially convicted of attempting to overthrow the constitutional order and sentenced to life in prison. The Supreme Court of Appeals later overturned the conviction, ruling his actions should be viewed as aiding in the commission of a crime. Following the reversal, the İstanbul 24th High Criminal Court convicted Uzel of aiding an attempt to overthrow the constitutional order and sentenced him to more than 12 years in prison in February 2020. The conviction became final in September 2020.
Uzel then applied to the Constitutional Court, arguing the trial court had relied on portions of witness testimony used against him while failing to address other parts of the same testimony that supported his defense.
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