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| The Grand Turk |
| Turkey Issues Warrants for 23 Judges and Prosecutors |
| 2017-05-07 |
| [An Nahar] ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... 's state-run news agency ...and if you can't believe the state-run news agency who can you believe?... says detention warrants have been issued for 23 judges and prosecutors who have been dismissed from their posts. Anadolu news agency said Saturday the warrants were issued for 17 judges and six prosecutors for "membership in an armed terror organization." They are suspected of being followers of U.S.-based holy man Fethullah Gulen ... a Turkish preacher living in Pennsylvania whom the current govt of Turkey considers responsible for all the ills afflicting Turkey and possibly the entire world... who the government says is behind the July 15 coup attempt. Gulen denies involvement in the coup. Two judges were detained while working. The suspects are among the 107 judges and prosecutors dismissed from public service Friday. Since the declaration of a state of emergency last summer, more than 4,200 judges and prosecutors have been dismissed, an estimated 100,000 sacked from other public posts and more than 47,000 people tossed in the calaboose You have the right to remain silent... |
| Posted by:Fred |