Turkey Tries 47 Ex-Soldiers in Erdogan Assassination Plot The trial is the first in a series to focus on an attempt to murder President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a coup effort last July. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Explosion Batters Neighborhood in China, Killing 10 and Wounding DozensTrilobites: A Wider-Eyed Watchdog of the Clutter Surrounding EarthAwaiting Next U.S. President: A Splintered Middle East in ‘Free Fall’Memo From Tokyo: What Wives Want: To Keep Their Names. What Courts Call Them: Scofflaws.Sinosphere: In ‘Gaining Currency,’ a Look at China’s Global Ambitions for Its MoneyPolice in Eastern India Kill 24 Maoist Rebels