– 1,577 deans have been asked to resign.
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Erdogan, who faced accusations of violating press freedom before the coup, also revoked the credentials of 34 journalists.
“About the Gulen movement. we have received requests before the coup and after from the government of Turkey about the movement that is existing in Canada, and we have asked for evidence because otherwise the Canadian justice system can not address an issue on the basis of allegations”, Dion explained.
Access was restricted because of a “violation of privacy and publication of illegally obtained data”, a Turkish official told CNN.
Amnesty International is accusing Turkey of mounting a crackdown of “exceptional proportions” and called on the government respect human rights and freedom of expression. In a statement he said: “I urge the USA government to reject any effort to abuse the extradition process to carry out political vendettas”. More than 50,000 people in total have been rounded up, sacked, or arrested in the wake of the coup. One hundred intelligence officials, 492 people from the Religious Affairs Directorate, 257 at the prime minister’s office and 300 at the Energy Ministry have been removed from duty. Turkey’s National Security Council is holding an emergency meeting following a c.
Erdogan blames a network of followers of an exiled US -based cleric, Fethullah Gulen, for Friday night’s attempted coup, in which more than 230 people were killed and hundreds more wounded as soldiers commandeered fighter jets, military helicopters and tanks in a failed effort to overthrow the government.
In an address to the nation late Wednesday, Erdogan announced a cabinet decision to seek additional powers, saying the state of emergency would give the government the tools to rid the military of the “virus” of subversion.
(AP Photo). Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks after an emergency meeting of the government in Ankara, Turkey, late Wednesday, July 20, 2016.
The Turkish people are waiting to see if any emergency measures will be imposed.
The government is presenting the measures as an effort to confront a wide-ranging conspiracy led by a US -based Turkish cleric, Fethullah Gulen, a former ally of Mr. Erdogan whom Turkey accuses of running a terrorist organization.
The purge of thousands in the Turkish military in the aftermath of an attempted coup has not weakened the country’s military, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday.
Under the U.S. -Turkey extradition agreement, Washington can only extradite a person if he or she has committed an “extraditable act”.
Eight Turkish military personnel who fled to Greece a board a helicopter during an attempted coup in their country are testifying in court during their trial on charges of entering Greece illegally.
Gulen, in a statement released Tuesday, said Erdogan “once again demonstrated he will go to any length necessary to solidify his power and persecute his critics”.
“It is ridiculous, irresponsible and false to suggest I had anything to do with the horrific failed coup”.
A spokesman for the Turkish government said the United States should be able to extradite the cleric “on grounds of suspicion” rather than requiring specific facts about the case against him.
The reclusive cleric leads a popular movement called Hizmet, which includes hundreds of secular co-ed schools, free tutoring centers, hospitals and relief agencies credited with addressing Turkey’s social problems. The lieutenant was one of about 30 soldiers said to be involved in the hotel attack in the resort of Marmais.
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Meanwhile, Erdogan’s military aide, Lt. Col. Erkan Kivrak, has been taken into custody in southern Turkey for alleged ties to the plotters, according to Anadolu.
