Turkey has begun a purge of soldiers and judiciary officials
allegedly connected to an effort to topple the government, one day after
a failed military coup attempt on Friday July 15,2016
By Saturday evening July 16,2016, the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had detained 2,839 military personnel, with number of arrests expected to rise, according to Prime Minister Binali Yildirim.
Turkey's top judicial body, the HSYK, dismissed 2,745 judges on Saturday
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has blamed the coup attempt on US-based religious leader Fethullah Gulen, an Islamic preacher and one-time ally who fell from Erdogan's good graces for allegedly orchestrating a corruption scandal in 2012 and running a "parallel state".
In Istanbul on Saturday, Erdogan urged the United States to extradite the preacher.
"The United States, you must extradite that person," he told thousands of supporters.
By Saturday evening July 16,2016, the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had detained 2,839 military personnel, with number of arrests expected to rise, according to Prime Minister Binali Yildirim.
Turkey's top judicial body, the HSYK, dismissed 2,745 judges on Saturday
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has blamed the coup attempt on US-based religious leader Fethullah Gulen, an Islamic preacher and one-time ally who fell from Erdogan's good graces for allegedly orchestrating a corruption scandal in 2012 and running a "parallel state".
In Istanbul on Saturday, Erdogan urged the United States to extradite the preacher.
"The United States, you must extradite that person," he told thousands of supporters.
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