“As we have been the first ones to say that in that tragic night (of Friday’s coup attempt), the democratic and legislative institutions needed to be protected”, she told reporters.
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The coup bid crumbled after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was on holiday at the coast, phoned in to a TV news programme and called for his followers to take to the streets.
Turks living in the USA on Sunday began an online petition on the official White House website that demands President Barack Obama to extradite Fetullah Gulen to Turkey.
“People I think are wondering, look, if this guy Erdogan, who has these very authoritarian tendencies, doesn’t get the country back in order, it’s a risky place and don’t invest there”, he told CNBC’s “Squawk Box”.
At nightfall, thousands of flag-waving people rallied in Istanbul’s Taksim Square, Ankara’s Kizilay Square and elsewhere.
New demonstrations of support were held throughout the country last night.
The U.S. consulate general in Istanbul said Monday it expected demonstrations near its facilities, and it warned American citizens to avoid the area.
US -based cleric Fethullah Gulen, whose followers Turkey blames for a failed coup, is shown in still image taken from video, speaks to journalists at his home in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania July 16, 2016.
Kerry and Mogherini spoke after a meeting in Brussels that also included the bloc’s 28 foreign ministers, and after a weekend when Turkey’s government responded to a coup attempt by rounding up some 6,000 people, including hundreds of judges and prosecutors.
On Sunday, Global Affairs Canada advised Canadians against non-essential travel to Turkey.
The European Union and the United States expressed alarm Monday with Turkey’s response to the failed coup, telling the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation member and EU aspirant that it must uphold democracy and human rights as it pursues those involved in the plot.
Turkey abolished the death penalty in 2004. Turkey abolished the death penalty in 2004 to meet European Union accession criteria.
“We categorically reject the death penalty and an institution of the death penalty would mean an end to the negotiations to join the European Union”, he said. The main CHP opposition said the response to the coup attempt must be conducted within the rule of law and that the plotters should face trial.
Official figures put the number of civilians and police killed at 161, while 104 soldiers involved in the coup also died.
“Today we will say together with ministers that obviously doesn’t mean that rule of law and the system of checks and balances in the country does not count”.
So far, officials have not offered evidence he was involved in the failed coup.
“I would like our government to stop providing a safe haven to Fethullah Gulen and I want him delivered to Turkey”, the petition’s headline reads.
The swift rounding up of judges and others indicated the government had prepared a list beforehand, said Mr Johannes Hahn, the European Union commissioner dealing with Turkey’s membership bid.
“We also firmly urge the government of Turkey to maintain calm and stability throughout the country”, Kerry said.
Turkish government officials have hailed the defeat of the coup as a victory for democracy at a time when human rights activists and global observers warn the country is fast slipping toward authoritarianism, pointing to the high number of arrests of academics, intellectual, journalists and legislators.
“In our assessment, this group acted out of a sense of emergency when they realised that they were under investigation”. Nearly 30 military generals and admirals were being questioned about their suspected role in the coup.
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“There was no arrest list”. This incident will show Arab politicians that there’s a reason they have not been able to gain the trust of their peoples and protect their countries against such bloody coups as the ones that have unfolded in Egypt, Mauritania and other countries.
