Turkey coup: mass arrests after uprising crushed, government says

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Turkey coup: mass arrests after uprising crushed, government says



Almost 3000 soldiers, including high-ranking officers, have been arrested in Turkey after an attempted military coup.

More than 160 people, many of them civilians, are now confirmed dead – while over a 1000 others were wounded following overnight clashes, gunfire and explosions, principally in Turkey’s major cities of Ankara and Istanbul.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has insisted his government is back in charge and promised to purge the armed forces of rebels.

The country’s Prime Minister also denounced the coup plotters.
Flanked by senior ministers and the country’s top general, Binali Yildirim described the events as a black stain on Turkey’s democracy.

Yildirim also said legal changes would be considered to reintroduce the death penalty to deal with those responsible.

There were chaotic scenes late on Friday, both in the capital Ankara and Istanbul, as pro-government supporters heeded President Erdogan’s call via a TV interview on his smart phone, and took to the streets to prevent soldiers and tanks locking down key positions.

For the moment it is unclear who was behind the coup.

The government has indirectly blamed US based cleric Fethullah Gulen. He has denied having anything to do with what now looks to be a failed uprising and said he condemned ‘in the strongest terms’ the attempt to topple the government.

-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2016-07-17

[Somtamnication]

This was a staged coup. Perfect for this "democratic" Erdogan to tighten civil rights, etc etc etc.

[Nbarch]

Interesting listening to defence expert on BBC saying this was obviously a half-hearted coup attempt!

Another Turkish official said it was partly staged by Edogan so he can grab more power. Which he is now doing.

The army generals were calling themselves The Peace Council, no one was going to buy that!!!

[Khon Kaen Dave]

just a question,does Turkey have nuclear weapons?

[peterb17]

Mmm

Erdogan built himself the largest presidential palace in the world- £650 million ! He is trying to give himself presidential super powers fot life with a change in the constitution !

The most frightening thing here is he arrested over 2000 secular judges.

Ah the wonderfulness of Sharia!

[Caveat Emptor]

The BBC are reporting the arrest count has reached 6,000 and I'll bet it doesn't stop there.

This has handed Erdogan a great excuse to really crackdown on all sorts of opposition and he will.

When it all supposedly calms down how will the EU and some within the EU, such as Merkel, view their relationship with Turkey and especially the man currently ruling it, ? Turkey is regularly described as a ' vital ' western ally but how far can this be stretched ?

Edited July 17, 2016 by Caveat Emptor

[PattayaBoy]

[Mosha]

The BBC are reporting the arrest count has reached 6,000 and I'll bet it doesn't stop there.

This has handed Erdogan a great excuse to really crackdown on all sorts of opposition and he will.

When it all supposedly calms down how will the EU and some within the EU, such as Merkel, view their relationship with Turkey and especially the man currently ruling it, ? Turkey is regularly described as a ' vital ' western ally but how far can this be stretched ?

BBC this morning reported that someone from the American government or military said, Turkey's long term future as a member of NATO is under threat.

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[Mosha]

just a question,does Turkey have nuclear weapons?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/17/turkey-coup-attempt-raises-fears-over-safety-of-us-nuclear-stockpile

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[Guest]

Now Turkey has removed educators. This is very worrying sign that Turkey is not going to teach secularism in the schools anymore.

#BREAKING: Reports of over 15 thousand dismissed from Education Ministry. High Education Council asks for the resignation of 1577 deans