President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised the issue in a phone call Tuesday with U.S. President Barack Obama, and his spokesman said the government was preparing a formal extradition request for Gulen.
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As such, numerous arrested have been charged with belonging to an armed terrorist group or “attempting to overthrow the government of the Turkish Republic using force and violence or attempting to completely or partially hinder its function”, the Hurriyet Daily News reported.
Turkish leaders are not happy with last week’s failed coup, and they’re making their feelings known.
John Bass, the American ambassador to Turkey, issued a statement denying charges that the us was providing a safe haven for Gulen.
But Turkey’s leaders believe they have more enemies so they’ve fired more than 15,000 school teachers, demanded resignations from over 1,500 university deans, and suspended around 8,000 police officers – along with almost 3,000 judges and prosecutors.
“We condemn this coup and we are clear about our desire to see democracy sustained and flourish in Turkey”. It makes sense to arrest the plotters of the coup and their supporters, but Erdogan’s “purges” seemed to be aimed at a much different target.
“Protests will continue until the very end”.
“Please don’t send us allegations, send us evidence”, Kerry said recently on the phone with Cavosoglu. It is ridiculous, irresponsible and false to suggest I had anything to do with the horrific failed coup.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference following the National Security Council and cabinet meetings at the Presidential Palace in Ankara on July 20, 2016.
Officials continued to take action against university and school employees, shutting down educational establishments, banning foreign travel for academics and forcing university heads of faculty to resign.
Akin Ostuk – are among the thousands detained, and a call went out Tuesday for almost 1,600 university deans to resign, the Turkish agency further reports. Thousands did so, taking on tanks and helicopters, with 232 people losing their lives in the process.
In the wake of the attempted coup, Turkish authorities have conducted an unprecedented crackdown on individuals believed to be involved, including governors, prosecutors, intelligence officers, judges, and military personnel.
Turkey abolished the death penalty in 2004 under reforms aimed at obtaining European Union membership.
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A Turkish criminal lawyer said that even if capital punishment was reintroduced in Turkey, it couldn’t be legally applied to any of the alleged perpetrators of the coup because it would be violating worldwide rights principles.
