Turkish man jailed for Erdogan assassination attempt

ISTANBUL: A Turkish man was sentenced on Friday to almost twelve years in jail for attempting to assassinate President Recep Tayyip Erdogan when he was still prime minister, state media said.
An Istanbul court convicted Ferhat Yildiz of “attempting to kill a public servant” and sentenced him to 11 years and eight months in prison, the official Anatolia news agency reported.
Yildiz was found guilty of attempting to assassinate Erdogan during an event he attended in the Sultanbeyli district on the European side of the city on May 2014.
Citing the indictment, Turkish media said that Yildiz had bought a gun before the event, which he followed via social media for days.
On the day of the incident, the suspect reportedly approached within three meters of Erdogan and pulled the trigger, but the gun failed to fire.