Turkey detains 10 foreigners over suspected ties to Gulen

On August 7, hundreds of thousands of people attended a huge Democracy And Martyrs rally in Istanbul to promote unity among political parties and to honor those killed during the failed coup attempt.

He told IBTimes UK via email that the developments over the last three weeks were ironic given that it was the media which helped Erdogan thwart the coup. Turkey consul general also accused “various institutions” to have connections with Fethullah Gulen and said that these institutions must close down.

Erdogan repeatedly said that he saw no difference between terrorist groups such as the PKK, PYD, YPG, and Daesh and US -based preacher Fetullah Gulen’s FETO.

“The friendship between Turkey and the United States is too deeply rooted to fall victim to this sort of trickery”, the Embassy added.

Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said that the takeover attempt had unified the country. “How can Europe make us feel happy? Just like here and now”, he said. Turkey will continue fighting whatever powers seek to undermine the government, President Recep Tayyip Erd. Over 13,000 people have been detained in connection with the coup, while about 250 people died during the coup attempt.

He likened the coup plotters to “terrorists wearing military uniforms”.

Erdogan’s government has been emboldened by the support and has seized the post-coup momentum in strengthening its grip on power.

To reinstate the death penalty, which was abolished in 2004 – although no prisoner has been executed in Turkey since 1984 – would require a referendum by a super-majority of Turkish parliament members, which the ruling AKP now does not have in the 330-seat house.

He said: “Sovereignty stays unconditionally with the nation”.

Ankara-The dispute over accusations made by some Turkish officials to Washington that it had information about last month’s attempted coup continued over the weekend.

“After our parliament takes such a decision the step to be taken is apparent”.

The Heads of State and the EU Member States’ governments agreed with Turkey upon a joint plan to combat the migration crisis in mid-March.

Torum says even if Turkey’s parliament re-introduces legislation to bring back the death penalty, which the country abolished in 2004 as part of its attempt to join the European Union, it wouldn’t apply retroactively to those charged in the coup.

On Saturday, the USA ambassador again said his country played no role in last month’s failed coup attempt, showing exasperation with persistent accusations to the contrary.

Nearly 18,000 people were detained or arrested, mostly from the military, with tens of thousands of people suspended or dismissed from jobs in the judiciary, media, education, health care, military and local government.