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| Turkey post-"coup" roundup: Tuesday August 2nd | |||||
| 2016-08-02 | |||||
Erdoğan’s economy adviser hopes Moody’s, Fitch give Turkey fair rating
Cemil Ertem’s comments came after Moody’s announced on July 18 it would review Turkey’s rating for a possible downgrade following the July 15 failed coup attempt. Turkish Cyprus joins clampdown on Gülenist groups
Gulenist cleanse launched in Turkish Football Federation
Yıldırım was first sentenced to jail in 2012 and fined 1.3 million Turkish Liras ($560,000) for forming a criminal group and engaging in match-fixing during the 2010-2011 season. He served around one year behind bars before being freed pending a retrial. The Istanbul 13th High Criminal Court later issued a unanimous ruling that acquitted Yıldırım. “Aziz Yıldırım was annoyed by a friend’s remarks over Gülen during a plane trip. Then, that friend told the issue to Gülen, who got angry with this. This is why the rigging operation was launched. They did not want Yıldırım’s negative thoughts about Gülen to be dominant in the largest club in Turkey,” Gülerce said.
Coup attempt cost Turkey’s economy $100 billion: Trade Minister
“When we consider all those warplanes, helicopters, weapons, bombs and buildings, the cost is 300 billion liras at minimum according to our prior calculations. The exact cost may likely increase when the detailed calculations are made. There will also be various costs in the medium-term. For instance, many orders from abroad have been canceled. Many foreigners have halted their Turkey visits. The coup plotters have unfortunately created a Turkey image as if it were a third world country. People who see tanks in the streets and the parliament bombed will not come to Turkey. All of these create costs in the medium-term,” Tüfenkci said in a meeting with a group of journalists in Ankara. Turkey captures 11 involved in bid to seize Erdogan during coup attempt: Media [AlAhram] Anadolu said the runaways were caught in the Ula district of Mugla province after gendarmerie special forces, supported by helicopters and drones, were sent to the area after a tip-off from a local. Gunfire broke out as the Special Forces clashed with the runaways, but there were no reports of any casualties. Dozens of protesters gathered and jeered outside the gendarmerie outpost where the commandos were first held before being taken to a cop shoppe in the area. A total of 37 soldiers were reportedly involved in the operation to seize Erdogan in Marmaris and 25 of them had been caught earlier, Anadolu said. | |||||
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