Tahsin Şahinkaya

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Tahsin Şahinkaya
Commander of the Turkish Air Force
In office
21 August 1978 – 6 December 1983
Preceded byEthem Ayan
Succeeded byHalil Sözer
Personal details
Born(1925-05-01)1 May 1925
General

Tahsin Şahinkaya (1 May 1925

1980 military coup, and after the coup he was a member of the Presidential Council
.

In 2012, a court case was launched against Şahinkaya and Kenan Evren relating to the 1980 military coup.[5] Both were sentenced to life imprisonment on 18 June 2014 by a court in Ankara, the capital of Turkey.[6] After having been sentenced he was not sent to prison as he was in medical treatment for several illnesses at the Gülhane Military Research Hospital (GATA) in Ankara[7] and later on also in Istanbul.

Death

Şahinkaya died at age 90 in the

Big Selimiye Mosque in Üsküdar. He was survived by his wife Sema, son Serdar, daughter Sevgi Kartal and son-in-law Mustafa Kartal.[9]

References

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  2. ^ "Tahsin Şahinkaya".
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  5. New York Times, 4 April 2012, Turkey: Aging Generals Face Trial for Violent 1980 Military Coup
  6. ABC news
    . Associated Press. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  7. ^ "1980 military coup leaders sentenced to life in prison - Turkey News". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
  8. ^ "Tahsin Şahinkaya vefat etti". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
  9. ^ "Tahsin Şahinkaya toprağa verildi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2015-07-11. Retrieved 2015-07-14.
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