In other moves, Turkey demanded the resignations of 1,577 university deans and halted foreign assignments for state-employed academics.
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A Downing Street spokesman said: “She remarked on the bravery of so many Turkish people who had come out to stand up for democracy on Friday”.
Erdogan said the ongoing “cleansing” operation in the country, implemented to punish attempted coup plotters and supporters, would continue, adding that he is working with the armed forces to rid Turkey’s military of the “virus”. “We will dig them up by their roots”.
“We have more than enough evidence, more than you could ask for, on Gülen”, Justice minister Bekir Bozdag said yesterday. Reiterating his intent so soon after the coup attempt underscores his commitment to the project.
“Either way, if evidence is beginning to point to officers who were not followers of Gülen, this means that most of the people already arrested and purged were targeted only for their political beliefs, not because they had anything to do with the attempted coup”, wrote Rubin. On Monday, the board of the Turkish Journalist Associations condemned raids on media establishments, restrictions to access and mob violence against journalists in the wake of the coup.
In a statement, High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said the mass suspension or removal of judges was “cause for serious alarm”.
The two allies cooperate in the U.S.-led war against the Islamic State group, with American military planes flying missions from Turkey’s Incirlik air base into neighboring Iraq and Syria.
Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wave their national flags during a pro-government rally at Kizilay main square, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 20, 2016.
Both the rule of law and freedom of expression are now at risk, warns Kristin Hausler, Dorset senior research fellow at the British Institute of global and Comparative Law. “I don’t think so”, Kiriakou said on Tuesday.
He said the state of emergency is a measure “against the terror threat facing our country”.
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Almost 3,000 military personnel have been detained since Friday, raising questions about whether the failed coup was carried out by as small a faction of Turkey’s 500,000-strong military as authorities have claimed.
