Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu warned Syrian Kurds against siding with the Assad regime and said they should align themselves with the Syrian opposition and would have a place in "a permanent structure in Syria," so long as they do not affect Turkish borders. The Ergenekon coup plot trial ended with the sentencing of 17 defendants, including the former army chief of staff, to life in prison. Out of the 275 defendants, only 17 were acquitted. The opposition called the proceedings illegitimate; they took place in special terrorism courts which were abolished last year.
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