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| 283 Presidential Guard soldiers in custody, nearly 11,000 passports cancelled |
| 2016-07-23 |
| At least 283 of Turkey’s Presidential Guard Regiment soldiers have been taken into custody on Friday for their alleged links to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), according to security sources, Anadolu reported. Officials told Anadolu Agency the 283 soldiers were stationed at the Presidential Complex in Ankara. The suspects will be brought to the Palace of Justice in Ankara after police inquiry. Turkey's government has repeatedly said the deadly coup attempt on July 15, which martyred at least 246 people and injured more than 2,100 others, was organized by followers of US-based preacher Fetullah Gulen. Erdogan says Turkey's military to be restructured after abortive coup [Ynet] Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Reuters on Thursday that there were significant intelligence failures ahead of last week's attempted military coup and that the armed forces would quickly be restructured and have "fresh blood". In his first interview since declaring a state of emergency following last Friday's abortive coup, Erdogan said a new coup attempt was possible, but would not be easy, saying "we are more vigilant". Turkey sought arrest of 300 presidential guards: Official [AlAhram] Turkey issued arrest warrants Friday for 300 members of the presidential guard after last week's attempted coup, a Turkish official said. At least 283 had already been detained, according to broadcaster CNN-Turk. Meanwhile, the Turkish government has cancelled 10,856 passports "due to flight risk -- including close to 10,000 green/grey (official) passports", with the holders either in custody or on the run, the official said. Turkey moves gendarmerie from army to interior ministry [AnNahar] In the most significant institutional changes since the coup, powerful Interior Minister Efkan Ala said the gendarmerie would in future be part of the interior ministry and not the army. The gendarmerie, which looks after domestic security, had always been part of the military and its removal is a blow to the armed forces' clout after the coup. "The gendarmerie will definitely be dependent entirely on the interior ministry," Ala said, quoted by the state-run Anadolu news agency. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 Waiting for the Turkish Heydrich to show himself |
| Posted by: Bov Flimbers 2016-07-23 21:48 |
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| Posted by: 3dc 2016-07-23 00:26 |