Turkey detainees tortured after coup, group says

Erdogan has attracted strong criticism from the US and other North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies for a sweeping crackdown on tens of thousands of alleged opponents in the military, civil service, business and academia following the failed coup, while Turkey has heaped praise on Russian Federation for its support since the crisis erupted on July 15.

The two generals were caught in Dubai, while the governor, Husayin Avni Mutlu, who served from 2010-2014, was detained in Istanbul, an official at the office of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on condition of anonymity in line with regulations on speaking to the press.

Violations of rights and freedoms by the Erdogan government after the coup attempt mean “moving away automatically from the West, which hasn’t yet decided how much to tolerate in order not to alienate” Turkey, while Russian Federation isn’t concerned about such abuses and can show it’s ready to be friends, he said. The government blames the uprising on followers of Fethullah Gulen, a Muslim cleric who lives in the United States and runs a global network of schools and foundations.

“The files pertaining to their involvement in this coup attempt have not been sent yet”.

The Kurdish political group, the People’s Democratic Party, has alleged that the government is using the attempted coup as an opportunity to weaken all opposition groups under a three-month state of emergency that grants Erdogan the power to issue decrees without parliamentary approval. “The real culprits must be found”, Kilicdaroglu said.

Gulen himself told reporters, and repeated in an opinion piece for The New York Times, that he had nothing to do with the coup and had denounced it from the start.

USA secretary of state John Kerry has said the U.S. would consider an extradition request if Turkey could supply “legitimate evidence that withstands scrutiny”.

He insisted his philosophy was one of “inclusive and pluralist Islam” that rejected armed rebellion and espoused the respect of all regardless of religious or political views or ethnic origins.

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