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| Turkey fires tens of thousands in coup plotters hunt [IsraelTimes] The Turkish government escalates its wide-ranging crackdown against people it claims have ties to plotters of last week’s attempted coup, firing tens of thousands of public employees across the country. The dismissals touches every aspect of government life. Turkish media, in rapid-fire reports, says the Ministry of Education fired 15,200 people across the country; the Interior Ministry 8,777 employees; and Turkey’s Board of Higher Education requested the resignation of 1,577 university deans — akin to dismissing them. In addition, 257 people working at the office of the prime minister are dismissed and the Directorate of Religious Affairs announces it has sacked 492 staff including clerics, preachers and religious teachers. Turkey’s Family and Social Policy Ministry says it has dismissed 393 personnel.
[IsraelTimes] Turkey’s prime minister said Tuesday his government had sent four files to the United States, as Ankara seeks the extradition of US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen over his alleged links to Friday’s attempted coup. “We have sent four dossiers to the United States for the extradition of the terrorist chief. We will present them with more evidence than they want,” Binali Yildirim told parliament. Two helicopters, 25 special forces personnel missing after Turkey’s failed coup attempt
“Two helicopters took off on the night linking July 17 to July 18. It could not be determined where the helicopters flying toward a forested area in Marmaris took off from. But its aim [to raid Erdoğan] has been determined. The helicopters landed at an unknown location for a while and then went missing,” Selvi wrote on July 19. “It was determined that the two helicopters took off to rescue 25-personnel special operation units who went to raid President Erdoğan but then fled to the forested area after they failed. The two helicopters and 25 people that hid in the forested area have not been found,” he added. Troops sent to grab Erdogan told target was terrorist [AA.TR] Suspected pro-coup soldiers claim they were told to capture important terrorist before attacking Turkish president's holiday resort late Friday Turkey won’t get visa-free travel this year: EU [Hurriyet] European Commissioner Guenther Oettinger has said he did not see the European Union granting Turks visa-free travel this year - as agreed in a migration deal - due to Ankara’s crackdown after a failed military coup. Turkish pilots who downed Russian jet part of coup plot: Official
Turkish intel informed top generals hours before coup attempt, says army
Beginning the statement by announcing that the attempts of the “terrorist traitors who are members of an illegal gang [the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization - FETÖ] and who have nestled into the Turkish Armed Forces [TSK]” had been suppressed as of July 17 at 4:00 p.m. throughout the country, the General Staff continued by denouncing any relation between this group and the “flag-loving, overwhelming majority” within the army. “The information given by the National Intelligence Organization on July 15, 2016, at around 4:00 p.m. was evaluated at the General Staff headquarters with the attendance of Chief of Staff General Hulusi Akar, Chief of the Army General Salih Zeki Çolak and Deputy Chief of Staff General Yaşar Güler,” said the statement, elaborating on the precaution orders given regarding the end of mobility of all military vehicles including tanks, planes, helicopters and concerning the return of the ones currently mobilized to posts. The statement also added that Gen. Akar was threatened and forced to sign and read out on TV the “treason document, so-called declaration” and that the chief of staff had rejected these demands with “statements that include curses and with dander and firmly.” 50,000 targeted in post-coup Turkey crackdown [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... vowed to root out allies of the US-based holy man it blames for an abortive coup last week, widening a purge of the army, police and judiciary on Tuesday to universities and schools, the intelligence agency and religious authorities. Around 50,000 soldiers, police, judges, civil servants and teachers have been suspended or detained since the coup attempt, stirring tensions across the country of 80 million. On Tuesday, authorities shut down media outlets deemed to be supportive of the holy man and said 15,000 people had been fired from the education ministry, 492 from the Religious Affairs Directorate, 257 from the prime minister's office and 100 intelligence officials.
In a sign of international concern, a German official said a serious fissure had opened in Turkey and he feared fighting would break out within Germany’s large Turkish community. "A deep split is emerging in Turkish society," Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann told the Berliner Zeitung newspaper. "The danger of an escalation in violence between Erdogan supporters and opponents has also risen in Germany." Turkey bans religious funerals for coup supporters [AA.TR] The directorate, which employs all of Turkey’s 75,000 imams, said the ban would not apply to those who took part under duress or unwittingly played a role. The number of coup supporters killed during Friday’s attempt to seize power remains uncertain, although the figure is believed to be more than 20. Alleged coup ringleaders appear before Turkish court [AA.TR] Two army officers alleged to be among the leaders of last week’s failed coup in Lt. Gen. Metin Iyidil, commander of the Land Forces Training and Doctrine Command, and Col. Muharrem Kose, the former legal adviser to the chief of general staff, appeared in different courts in capital Ankara, the official said on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to the media. The source did not reveal the exact charges against the officers. Meanwhile, ...back at the comedy club, Boogie sadly admitted that he was a better peeping Tom than he was a comedian... the head of the gendarmerie, Gen. Galip Mendi, was relieved of duty late Tuesday due to illness. Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Yasar was appointed acting chief of the service. Nearly 1,000 suspected coup supporters have been remanded to custody by courts following Friday’s coup attempt, including 72 other high-ranking military members. | ||||||
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 “statements that include curses and with dander and firmly.” Mighty close to mustache cursing. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-07-20 10:44 |