The Turkish government claims that all of these people are Gulenists and therefore, coup plotters; but the manner in which the government is cracking down on them raises yet more questions about the validity of investigations, due process, forced statements, and the abuse of the detainees.
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Dalhuisen says that despite the coup, Turkey’s government must show leadership, “Turkey is understandably concerned with public security at the moment, but no circumstances can ever justify torture and other ill-treatment or arbitrary detention”.
Erdogan promised on Thursday to choke off the businesses, while an Istanbul court issued an arrest warrant for Gulen for “giving the instructions” for the coup attempt, in which more than 230 people were killed. “If the opposite party can not prove it, a tweet about the coup or something that was said must be absolutely denied”.
The July 15th attempted coup in Turkey has left politicians and human rights activists in the region reeling.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry plans to arrive in Turkey later this month, Turkey’s foreign minister said Friday.
Ankara has accused Erdogan s arch-foe Gulen of running a “parallel state” and on Thursday issued a warrant for his arrest for “ordering the July 15 coup” – which the reclusive cleric vehemently denies.
In an interview with broadcaster TGRT Haber, Cavusoglu said Kern’s comments, spurred in part by a crackdown on suspected perpetrators of a failed coup last month, were “ugly” and that he rejected them all. “We’re looking through them”. Following Kerry’s visit, Turkish Minister of Justice Bekir Bozdag and Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will leave for the United States and demand Gulen’s extradition. Cavusoglu also alluded to a possible visit from Vice President Joe Biden.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned countries that the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) poses a serious threat to all nations in which it has established itself, not only Turkey.
Speaking to reporters Friday in Washington, one of Gulen’s attorneys, Reid Weingarten, said the “complexity and absurdity” of conspiracy allegations linking Gulen and the Central Intelligence Agency to the attempted coup have intensified.
Since the failed coup, Turkey has jailed more than 10,000 people and suspended more than 50,000 judges, civil servants, and educators under a state of emergency in which expressing ideas similar to those of Gulen is considered a crime.
In New York, Taha Ozhan, chairman of the Turkish Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Commission who is leading a delegation to brief US officials on the failed coup, said “Gulen orchestrated the coup” and continued to pose threat to Turkey.
Erdogan has been unrelenting in his demonization of the movement, however, having already purged thousands of teachers, professors, police, and military officers with links to the movement in Turkey.
Nazarbayev said Kazakhstan would not support anyone who was against Turkey.
Earlier, the ruling party instructed its local branches and party-led municipalities to purge themselves of suspected Gulen supporters.
Turkish media also claims that a giant screen will also be set up in Pennsylvania, the US state that is home to Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen, who moved there in self-imposed exile in the late 90s.
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Germany’s foreign ministry confirmed the accuracy of the Sueddeutsche Zeitung report to AFP, without giving details.
