Hearing on one of the major cases on last year's defeated coup in Turkey

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 09: Relatives of martyrs, wearing t-shirts with the portraits of martyrs, arrive for the first hearing in a major case over last years July 15 defeated coup, centered around deadly confrontations on July 15 Martyrs' Bridge, in Istanbul, Turkey on October 09, 2017. The night of the coup bid by the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), 34 people were martyred on the July 15 Martyrs' Bridge -- then called the Bosphorus Bridge -- including prominent advertiser Erol Olcok and his son Abdullah Tayyip Olcok. All but two of the martyrs were civilians; the remaining two were police officers. Prosecutors are seeking 37 aggravated life sentences for each of the 143 suspects, including 135 suspects remanded in custody. A total of 137 suspects, including two not remanded in custody, attended Mondays hearing at Istanbuls 25th Criminal Court. The July 15 Martyrs' Bridge was closed during the night of the coup bid by soldiers around 10.00 p.m. local time (1900GMT). The Fetullah Terrorist Organization, led by U.S.-based Fetullah Gulen, orchestrated the defeated coup, which left at least 250 people martyred and around 2,200 others wounded. (Photo by Islam Yakut/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)