Those expecting today's hearing in the trial into the bloody 12 September 1980 military coup ending with the prosecutor delivering his final opinion, was deluded. Indeed the court decided to adjourne the hearing until 25 October. And another month will pass by.

Retired generals Kenan Evren, 95, and Tahsin Sahinkaya, 87, are facing life imprisonment if convicted.

The case's two surviving defendants seized power on September 12, 1980 but were only brought to trial in 2012, following the AKP (Justice and Development Party)  constitutional changes.

The defendants had responded to questions from their hospital beds via video link during previous hearings and they are expected to be spared jail terms.

However, the trial holds a symbolic meaning, and it is seen as a major blow to the once-omnipotent army, the self-appointed guardian of Turkish secularism. The army in Turkey is responsible of four coups in half a century.

The 1980 coup was the bloodiest, with 50 people being sent to the gallows while dozens died under torture and 600,000 people of all political sectors were arrested.