The deputy PM noted that “9,322 people were under legal proceedings in relation to the attempted coup“, notes the news agency, adding “Eight soldiers have sought asylum in neighboring Greece and Turkey says they must be handed back or it will not help relations between the neighbors, which have always been uneasy”. The accusation comes almost two months after the Erdogan officially deemed Gulen’s Islamist movement a terrorist organization.
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The London-based organization also says there are local reports that the licenses of 25 media houses were revoked.
Meanwhile, Turkey’s telecom agency on July 20 blocked access to the WikiLeaks website one day after it leaked hundreds of thousands of e-mails from the ruling Justice and Development Party.
A Turkish parliament security man stands guard next to the broken yellow copper doors laid on the ground at the entrance of the assembly hall at the parliament building which was attacked by the Turkish warplanes during the failed military coup last Friday.
On Tuesday, Turkey’s Justice Ministry sent the U.S. a dossier amid the calls to hand Gulen over to Turkish authorities.
The High Board of Education placed a travel ban on academics, temporarily barring them from leaving the country, according to an official speaking on state-run broadcaster TRT.
He also said he planned to meet with his National Security Council on Wednesday.
Here is what we know so far about the dramatic events of Friday night and how the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has responded.
About 9,300 people have been detained, including 118 generals and admirals accused of treason for allegedly masterminding the plot as well as soldiers, police and judges.
F-16 jets pounded targets belonging to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, in Iraq’s Hakurk region.
Turkey’s military coup has led to public anger and calls for the government to reinstate capital punishment.
Turkey has also banned religious funerals for those accused of supporting the coup.
Turkey scrapped the death penalty in 2004 as part of its push to join the European Union, and European leaders have warned Ankara against restoring it.
Erdogan has remained in Istanbul since he flew back on Saturday from the holiday resort of Marmaris where he was staying when the coup struck.
At least 290 people were killed in the attempted coup, including plotters, civilians and police officers.
Any extradition request from Turkey, once submitted, would be evaluated under the terms of a treaty between the two countries, he added.
The reclusive cleric said in an interview with several media outlets at his compound in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania that he had “no concerns personally” about the extradition request.
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Erdogan has laid the blame fully on Gulen and his followers, who have strongly denied any links to the putsch.
