Turkey summoned a German diplomat Monday over a court decision that prevented President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from addressing a demonstration in Germany, while the top US military official visited Ankara as Turkey navigated through increasingly strained relations with key allies. Erdogan said with heavy irony.
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He accused Germany in the past of allowing leaders from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) of addressing events in Germany via video conference.
“This coup was not just an event planned from the inside”.
Addressing global investors in Ankara, Erdoğan said the coup attempt had actors inside Turkey, but the scene was written outside the country.
“America keeps asking us for documents and evidence”.
After a cabinet meeting in Ankara, Kurtulmus said Washington would have to choose between support for a “terrorist chief” and the citizens of Turkey.
A Turkish official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed detention warrants had been issued for 98 staff.
Turkey had also canceled this year’s August 30 Victory Day military parades because of the “extraordinary situation”, the minister said.
Isik said 311 military personnel believed to have participated in the coup were still on the run including nine generals.
This was first time a medical establishment has been targeted in a clampdown under a three-month state of emergency which has also hit journalists and academics.
Merkel’s open-door migrant policy allowed over one million migrants to come to Germany previous year and a deal reached by the European Union with Turkey in March has contributed to a significant drop in the number of crossings into Europe.
Calgary’s Davud Hanci has also been detained in Turkey on allegations he worked for Gulen. Erdogan has demanded the USA extradite Gulen, but the US has said any extradition request must be processed through the USA justice system, which is a codified due process.
The state-run Anadolu news agency said Tuesday that Bekir Bozdag had sent a “second written document” requesting Gulen’s arrest.
Erdogan’s eldest son Bilal, who was studying in Bologna, has been under investigation since February by judges who suspect him of involvement in money laundering.
Men walk at the Galata bridge past two Turkey flags, in Istanbul, on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016.
Turkey’s defence ministry has also changed the jobs of 167 generals within the army, following sweeping changes to the structure of the military over the weekend.
Apparently responding to widening global alarm about the crackdown, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim admitted there may have been some unfair treatment in the state sector. Meanwhile, a group of servicemen announced about transition of power to them.
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“I don’t want to set an expectation up that we’re going to be able to give you a blow-by-blow of the process as it works its way through”, Kirby told reporters.
