“The gendarmerie will definitely be dependent entirely on the interior ministry”, Ala said, in an interview with the Turkish news broadcaster, NTV.
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He also rebuffed the European Union over the death penalty. Another 40,000 educators were suspended or will be, according to the government-run Anadolu Agency. The coup, “was an attempt to take control of Turkey’s political system”.
Mr Girgin said the Turkish government was also seeking Gulen’s extradition from the United States, adding that the evidence asked by the USA had been provided to the American authorities and Vice President Joe Biden had assured that it would be considered.
Gulen denies involvement but Erdogan has suspected him for many years as being radical and risky and is now using this purge as a reason to crack down on Gulen.
Obama, who spoke with Erdogan by phone this week, said he told the Turkish leader he would have to go through the legal process. The announcement of the state of emergency drew applause from the crowd.
“The real objective of this group is to seize all mechanisms of constitutional institutions, security units, civil service and judicial authority of the Turkish state as well as to become a great and influential political and economic power at the worldwide level”, Kilic said. “Our citizens should be calm”.
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim had said his country would improve relations with not only Russian Federation and Egypt but also with all countries around the Black Sea and Mediterranean.
Kılıç said much of the documentation Ankara has provided comes from tens of thousands of pages of evidence developed in an investigation initiated by the Turkish government in 2013.
He urged Turks to stay calm and said: “The danger has not ended but our citizens should not be anxious”.
Yasin Aktay, spokesman of Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) said “we can not understand the criticism we’re getting from Europe about this”.
Bozdag said that armed Gulen supporters had infiltrated the judiciary, universities and the media, as well as the armed forces.
“Up until yesterday there were clashes between the police and members of the military”.
Turkish authorities on Friday announced a shake-up of the security forces one week after the failed coup, as Ankara vowed not to seek revenge despite a growing crackdown.
“This operation by no means is over yet”. In the days following the coup attempt, power was shut off to the base.
“We said so earlier than just about anybody”. The attempted coup in Turkey has made resounding waves likely to re-shape the face of Turkey for years to come. “The coup was very wrong regardless of whether we support the ruling party or not”.
Serdar Kilic, the Turkish ambassador to the United States, told a news conference on Friday that his country had submitted the “necessary documentation” for Gulen’s extradition.
Everything that happened in Turkey took place in public.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed Thursday to restructure the military and give it “fresh blood” as emergency rule took hold across the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation member country after last week’s attempted coup.
Authorities imposed a state of emergency on Thursday, strengthening powers to round up suspects behind the failed putsch and suspending the European Convention on Human Rights.
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Erdogan has signalled the hunt of conspirators will continue, having declared Thursday that 10,410 people had so far been detained with 4,060 of them remanded in custody, including more than 100 generals and admirals.
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The US violent crime rate “has been lowered during my presidency than anytime in the last three, four decades”, he said, adding “the rate of intentional killings of police officers is also significantly lower than it was when (Republican) Ronald Reagan was president”.
