“The nation will never forget this betrayal”.
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In a statement to the press, Arar said the arrest amounted to intimidation of Erdogan backers in Israel, and was proof that the Israeli government “supports the attempted coup”.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Turkey would consider reinstating the death penalty after the failed attempt to overthrow his government.
“The coup plotters couldn’t have helped Erdogan more”. A Turkish official said more than 190 citizens, majority military, were killed and more than 1,400 people were wounded during the violence.
Turkey’s lira led gains, recouping more than a third of its plunge on Friday, while other currencies that saw declines, including South Africa’s rand and Mexico’s peso, also partially recovered.
Regular operations had resumed on Saturday, but a backlog of flights congested traffic at Istanbul’s main Ataturk International Airport.
With Turkey’s big cities still on edge, Turkish security forces killed an armed attacker who shot at them from a vehicle outside the Ankara courthouse where suspects from the failed coup were appearing before judges. “The US is behind the coup attempt. Base operations have not been affected”. Instead of being a leader in the region Erdogan will focus a lot of resources and energy at home bringing the plotters to justice.
“I estimate that the failed coup could slow down the normalization process – not because of lack of political will but because Turkey’s domestic focus will be elsewhere”, Goren told the Times of Israel. But as the revolt started to fall apart, they quickly lost control of spots like the Bosporus bridge in Istanbul. Early Saturday, CNN Turk showed video of dozens of coup soldiers surrendering there.
The U.S. ambassador to Turkey, John Bass, dismissed allegations on Monday claiming U.S. support for the failed Gülenist coup attempt, saying U.S. government officials ready for meeting with Turkish counterparts on Gülen’s extradition.
He added that Turkey would be submitting the necessary documentation, but hoped the U.S. would extradite Mr Gulen without waiting for the paperwork.
This was echoed across the world as people took the streets in Cologne, Mogadishu, Gaza, Beirut, New York, Toronto, London, Melbourne, Baku and many other cities to show that Turkish people are not alone.
Turkish authorities have intensified arresting soldiers and judges following the coup, which Erdogan accused his former ally Fethullah Gulen of scheming. But after they had a falling out three years ago, Gulen left Turkey and has been living in Pennsylvania.
Erdogan and Putin, who were feuding over the shooting down of a Russian jet until last month, will meet in the first week of August, Anadolu said. Instead of weakening Erdogan, the coup provided a rationale for him to crack down on the two strongest bastions of Turkish society that had the power to check his political ambitions.
During the attempted coup, calls rang out from mosques across the country, urging believers to take to the street to defend their country.
The cleric has denied this and said he played no role in the attempted coup, denouncing it as an affront to democracy. However, the sounds of huge blasts, including at least one bomb that hit the parliament complex, continued to echo across the capital, Ankara, and Istanbul throughout the morning.
An unnamed Turkish official thanked Israel for its support during the uncertain hours of the attempt, voicing Turkey’s appreciation for Israel’s “messages” as the bid unfolded, according to a senior Israeli official.
Roughly half of Syria’s almost 5 million refugees are in Turkey, straining the country’s resources. Turkey has also been the launching point for many Syrian refugees heading to Europe. And Turkey’s security forces have been fighting Kurdish separatists in the southeast.
The U.S. works with Turkey on multiple crises in the region. Commercial power to Incirlik also was cut off but the base was operating on internal power, the Pentagon said.
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British holidaymakers have been urged to exercise caution in the coastal resort of Marmaris, where gunfire has been heard as the Turkish government cracks down on suspected perpetrators.
