cep Tayyip Erdogan.Retired Gen. Ilker Basbug, who was chief of the general staff from 2008-2010, was condemned as the ringleader of the so-called Ergenekon conspiracy.The court acquitted 21 defendants.Sentenced to life along with Basbug were five other retired generals, journalists and politicians, including Dogu Perincek, leader of the left-wing, nationalist Workers Party.Around 100 other defenda