The Turkish army said that the vast majority of its members had no links with Friday’s attempted coup and warned that the putschists would face severe punishment.
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All teachers’ annual leave has been cancelled and those overseas have been given hours to return to Turkey where they must report for work at 8.30am on Thursday.
On Wednesday, academics were barred from traveling overseas for work in an effort to prevent scholars and university teachers accused of participation in the coup plot from fleeing the country, Turkish officials said…
In the latest moves to purge the state following a failed coup, Turkey’s government moved to shut down hundreds of schools, formally charge 99 generals and admirals, and launch an investigation into every military prosecutor and judge.
The government of Erdogan, accused of increasingly autocratic conduct even before the coup attempt, revoked the press credentials of 34 journalists because of alleged ties to Gulen’s movement, Turkish media reported.
Official figures from the Turkish government report that 232 people were killed and 1,541 wounded in the wake of the coup attempt last week.
The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan filed a formal extradition request Tuesday with the United States seeking Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen – once a political ally of the politician.
Access to the Wikileaks website in Turkey has been blocked after the group announced, following a failed coup by Turkish military units, that it would release a trove of documents on the country’s power structure. A White House spokesman did not give details about the US position on Gulen’s possible extradition, except to say the decision will be made according to a longstanding treaty between Ankara and Washington.
Another 14 generals are still in detention as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues his crackdown on those he blames for the failed coup. Gulen has denied any involvement.
The purges have stoked alarm that Erdogan was using the coup plot to crack down on opponents, with Turkey’s Western allies urging the authorities in the strategic North Atlantic Treaty Organisation state to obey the rule of law.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says those who have been in arrested in connection with the attempted coup d’état in Turkey should be able to defend themselves in a “robust and legitimate process” in that country. In testimony published by the Hurriyet newspaper, an infantry lieutenant-colonel said the coup plotters had tried to persuade military chief Hulusi Akar, who was being held hostage, to join the effort to overthrow Mr Erdogan but he had refused.
