The first phase of the Ergenekon trials, which began almost five years ago, ended yesterday, Aug. 5, without too many surprises. There were 254 sentences, 17 of them for life imprisonment, and 21 acquittals.
There are many senior military officers in the long list of convictions. Arguably, the most important verdict was finding a former chief of general staff guilty of a coup attempt and sentencing him to life imprisonment.