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Turkey post-"coup" brief roundup: Wednesday August 3rd
Turkey Issues Arrest Warrants for 100 Staff at Ankara Hospital[AnNahar] Turkey on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for 100 staff, including doctors, at the main military hospital in Ankara as part of an investigation into last month's failed coup, a Turkish official and reports said. Police were searching the Gulhane Military Medical Academy (GATA) hospital in the capital, the private NTV television reported. It was not immediately clear if any suspects had been detained. The official said that staff at the hospital were suspected of helping fast-track Gulen supporters into the military by giving them favourable medical reports. Similar claims have also been made about military schools where officials have said exams were rigged. Turkish soccer federation fires 94 refs as coup crackdown grows [IsraelTimes] Turkey’s soccer authorities have fired 94 officials including referees in the wake of the July 15 coup that tried to unseat President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the soccer federation said on Tuesday. “Our federation deemed it necessary to dismiss 94 people, including regional and nationally-ranked referees and assistant referees, regional refereeing committee members and national and regional observers,” the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) said in a statement. All members of affiliated committees of the TFF resigned at the weekend to allow a “security inspection” to see if any have links to the Gulen movement. The star striker for Istanbul side Besiktas, Mario Gomez of Germany who was the top scorer in the Super Lig last year, announced he was leaving the club due to the political situation.
I remember seeing the account of when the rebel soccer refs tried to... No. Wait... Rebel soccer refs? The federation said in a statement on Tuesday that it had severed ties with 94 people including referees, linesmen and national and regional observers while also ending its relationship with 11 other representatives. Turkey detains dozens over 'Gulen-linked' sex tape scandal [AlAhram] Turkish authorities on Tuesday detained at least 36 people over a sex tape scandal that felled the leader of the main opposition party in 2010, linking the affair to the US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen. Deniz Baykal, then leader of the secular opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), was forced to resign in 2010 after a tape emerged purportedly showing him in a compromising position with another woman said to be an MP in his own party. Similar scandals then affected prominent figures in the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) from 2011. The origin of the tapes has never been clearly explained. But the state-run Anadolu news agency said at least 89 arrest warrants had been issued over the tapes in the wake of the coup. At least 36 people had been detained so far with efforts continuing to pick up 53 others. It said that the way the videos were obtained appeared to bear the trace of Gulen's group, which even before the coup was accused in Turkey of eavesdropping on top officials including Erdogan. Italy, Turkey trade barbs over money-laundering probe into Erdogan's son [AlAhram] Rome and Ankara traded barbs on Tuesday over an Italian investigation into accusations that Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's son Bilal laundered money. Erdogan told RAI television that the probe by prosecutors in the northern city of Bologna, where Bilal had been studying, might affect bilateral links. "If my son came back to Italy at this moment, he could be arrested," Erdogan said in an interview with the state broadcaster. "This could even cause problems for our relationship with Italy."
The money-laundering investigation followed accusations by Murat Hakan Uzan, an exiled member of one of Turkey's richest families and an opponent of the president, a legal source said. Italian press reported prosecutors were looking into sums of money allegedly brought to Italy from Turkey. In July, a Bologna court allowed them to extend their investigation by six months. Posted by: trailing wife 2016-08-03 |
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