Erdogan told the broadcaster more than 9,000 people have been detained, almost 20,000 charged by a court and some 60,000 purged from state institutions, according to Peter and Al-Jazeera.
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Turkey yesterday declared a state of emergency across the country for three months in the wake of last week’s failed coup attempt.
Turkey’s government has said the attempted coup was organized by followers of USA -based cleric Fetullah Gulen, who is accused of a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through infiltrating into Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police and judiciary, forming a “parallel state”.
Turkey vowed to root out allies of the USA -based cleric it blames for an abortive coup last week, widening a purge of the army, police and judiciary on Tuesday to the education sector, intelligence agency and religious authorities. The U.S.it needs to see the evidence first.
The council is composed of top military figures and security ministers.
“They are all working together as to what might be done, and. within a very short amount of time a new structure will be emerging”.
“As the commander in chief, I will also attend to it so that all the viruses within the armed forces will be cleansed”. Sources said the soldiers began to fly away from the base but were told of the coup attempt during the flight.
The emergency rule was gradually lifted by 2002.
“This measure is in no way against democracy, the law and freedoms”, said Erdogan after announcing the state of emergency.
The move will allow the despot to bypass parliament in passing new laws. At least 24 coup plotters were also killed.
The convention safeguards everything from the right to life, freedom from torture, the right to a fair trial and freedom of expression.
Meanwhile, the total number of individuals who are “suspended, detained or are under investigation” reached 60,000, according to Reuters.
“Other states could be behind this coup attempt”.
A United Nations envoy is hinting that there are concerns about how the fallout from Turkey’s failed coup could affect talks aimed at reunifying ethnically split Cyprus.
Opposition party CHP called the state of emergency “a threat to democracy and civil rights”. “It isn’t martial law of 1990s”, he wrote on Twitter. He said it would be used to go after “rogue” elements within the state and that there would have been “carnage in the streets” had the military coup succeeded.
The government believes Gulen supporters have organized a parallel state, and uses the term “parallel structure” to refer to this alleged movement. Erdogan suggested, though, that he does expect Washington to grant Turkey’s request.
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“We will continue the fight. wherever they might be”. They said they were tasked with transporting wounded people when their choppers came under fire from police.
