Turkish Military Attaches Flee, Minister Says

Western allies worry that President Tayyip Erdogan is using the putsch and the purge that has followed to tighten his grip on power.

Speaking to the protesters, Mr. Cakil commended the enormous support they received from the Nigerian government and people during the failed coup.

Earlier, talking to Ria Novosti Yildirim said that Turkey remains a special country for Russian Federation, just as Russian Federation is for Turkey even in the face of political rollback, adding that ignoring the fact and forgetting about it is unacceptable.

Speaking to NTV television, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said colonels Halis Tunc and Ilhan Yasitli left on August 6th, taking the auto ferry across the Adriatic Sea to Italy. Cavusoglu said a military attache based in Kuwait had also tried to escape through Saudi Arabia, but had been sent back, as well as two generals based in Afghanistan who had been caught in Dubai by UAE authorities and returned to Turkey.

Turkish government accuses the US-based cleric and businessman of masterminding last month’s failed coup attempt. The cleric has denied involvement in the coup or plotting against the state. He said that the project will comprise two branches with one of them being used for domestic consumption, and another for the supply of gas to Europe.

It will be the first visit to the neighboring country by a senior Iranian official since the failed coup attempt in Turkey back on July 15. Just over half of those detained, or 17,740 people, have been formally arrested while a third have been released.

A total of 17,740 of that number have since been formally arrested, of which 5,685 remain in police custody, the official said. TIME HAS RUN OUT ” There are those who have escaped. Interior Minister Efkan Ala was quoted on Thursday as saying nearly 76,100 civil servants have now been suspended.

Among the missing are two military attaches based in Greece.

He said Turkey has also asked Washington for information on a Turkish military official based in the USA, who is reportedly seeking asylum there after being recalled, but has not yet received a response.

Ankara claimed Gulen created a “parallel state” in Turkey in the form of a network of supporters among Turkish officials.

Turkey’s leadership has been under the spotlight after an attempted military coup against President Erdogan left hundreds dead and more than 2000 injured. “These were high-ranking staff members”.

“I think that Erdogan needs Russian Federation more than Putin needs Turkey, and Erdogan has not reached the goals he had in mind when he spoiled the relations with Russian Federation”, said Ishat Saetov, director of the Modern Turkey Studies Center in Moscow. I suspected nothing. That’s the talent of this movement.

Two civil servants based in Bangladesh, meanwhile, are understood to have travelled to NY.

U.S. State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau said the department doesn’t comment on or handle asylum cases.

Ankara is also upset with the European Union over payments to stem migrants and refugees, mainly from Syria, and granting visa free status to Turks.

Erdogan on Tuesday met his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in what is widely seen as a signal of an important geostrategic shift. “The USA will have to make a choice”, Erdogan said, Anadolu news agency said.

“They will either choose the coup-plotter terrorist FETO or Turkey, the democratic country”, Erdogan added.