Turkey, after the coup attempt

Jul 18, 2016

Turkey, after the coup attempt

Christina Tkacik 0 Comment Eurasia, World coup attempt, Istanbul, Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey

Turkey’s Interior Ministry has fired nearly 9,000 police officers, bureaucrats and others and detained thousands of suspected plotters following the attempted coup, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported Monday. Warplanes patrolled Turkey’s skies overnight in a sign that authorities feared that the threat against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government was not yet over, despite official assurances that life has returned to normal.

: ISTANBUL, TURKEY – JULY 18: Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan wave Turkish flags as they gather in Istanbul’s central Taksim Square on July 18, 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey. Clean up operations are continuing in the aftermath of Friday’s failed military coup attempt which claimed the lives of more than 232 people. In raids across Turkey 7,543 people have been arrested in relation to the failed coup including high-ranking soldiers and judges, Turkey’s PM Binali Yildirim has said. (Photo by Kursat Bayhan/Getty Images)

: ISTANBUL, TURKEY – JULY 18: A supporter of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan takes a selfie as people gather in Istanbul’s central Taksim Square on July 18, 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey. Clean up operations are continuing in the aftermath of Friday’s failed military coup attempt which claimed the lives of more than 232 people. In raids across Turkey 7,543 people have been arrested in relation to the failed coup including high-ranking soldiers and judges, Turkey’s PM Binali Yildirim has said. (Photo by Kursat Bayhan/Getty Images)

: ISTANBUL, TURKEY – JULY 18: People watch the sky as they gather at Istanbul’s central Taksim Square on July 18, 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey. Clean up operations are continuing in the aftermath of Friday’s failed military coup attempt which claimed the lives of more than 208 people. In raids across Turkey 7,543 people have been arrested in relation to the failed coup including high-ranking soldiers and judges, Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has said. (Photo by Kursat Bayhan/Getty Images)

: ISTANBUL, TURKEY – JULY 18: Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan wave flags as they gather in Istanbul’s central Taksim Square on July 18, 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey. Clean up operations are continuing in the aftermath of Friday’s failed military coup attempt which claimed the lives of more than 208 people. In raids across Turkey 7,543 people have been arrested in relation to the failed coup including high-ranking soldiers and judges, Turkey’s PM Binali Yildirim has said. (Photo by Kursat Bayhan/Getty Images)

: ISTANBUL, TURKEY – JULY 18: Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan hold an effigy of U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen during a pro-government demonstration in Istanbul’s central Taksim Square on July 18, 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey. Clean up operations are continuing in the aftermath of Friday’s failed military coup attempt which claimed the lives of more than 232 people. In raids across Turkey 7,543 people have been arrested in relation to the failed coup including high-ranking soldiers and judges, Turkey’s PM Binali Yildirim has said. The Turkish government says the coup was masterminded by Fethullah Gulen, a Muslim cleric based in the United States who has a wide following in Turkey. U.S. State Department says hours ago, “U.S. has not made assessment of Turkish cleric Gulen’s possible involvement in coup.” (Photo by Kursat Bayhan/Getty Images)

: ISTANBUL, TURKEY – JULY 18: Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stand in front of a statue of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, with a Turkish soldier and a Turkish woman in the Independence War, as part of a monument located in central Taksim square on July 18, 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey. Clean up operations are continuing in the aftermath of Friday’s failed military coup attempt which claimed the lives of more than 208 people. In raids across Turkey 7,543 people have been arrested in relation to the failed coup including high-ranking soldiers and judges, Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has said. (Photo by Kursat Bayhan/Getty Images)

: ANKARA, TURKEY – JULY 18: A supporter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waves a flag against an electronic billboard during a rally in Kizilay Square on July 18, 2016 in Ankara, Turkey. Clean up operations are continuing in the aftermath of Friday’s failed military coup attempt. Latest figures according to Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim raises the death toll to 208 with 1491 wounded. Continuing raids across the country have seen 7543 people detained and 316 arrested including high ranking soldiers, judges and police officers. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

: ISTANBUL, TURKEY – JULY 18: A poster of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hangs on Ataturk Cultural Center as people walk at Istanbul’s central Taksim Square on July 18, 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey. Clean up operations are continuing in the aftermath of Friday’s failed military coup attempt which claimed the lives of more than 208 people. In raids across Turkey 7,543 people have been arrested in relation to the failed coup including high-ranking soldiers and judges, Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has said. (Photo by Kursat Bayhan/Getty Images)

: ISTANBUL, TURKEY – JULY 18: Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan wave flags as they gather in Istanbul’s central Taksim Square on July 18, 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey. Clean up operations are continuing in the aftermath of Friday’s failed military coup attempt which claimed the lives of more than 208 people. In raids across Turkey 7,543 people have been arrested in relation to the failed coup including high-ranking soldiers and judges, Turkey’s PM Binali Yildirim has said. (Photo by Kursat Bayhan/Getty Images)

: ISTANBUL, TURKEY – JULY 18: Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan wave flags as they gather in Istanbul’s central Taksim Square on July 18, 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey. Clean up operations are continuing in the aftermath of Friday’s failed military coup attempt which claimed the lives of more than 208 people. In raids across Turkey 7,543 people have been arrested in relation to the failed coup including high-ranking soldiers and judges, Turkey’s PM Binali Yildirim has said. (Photo by Kursat Bayhan/Getty Images)

: People carry the coffin of Sehidmiz Murat Inci, victim of the coup attempt during his funeral ceremony, at Kocatepe Mosque in Ankara on July 18, 2016. Support from the highest echelons in the army helped keep President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in power after the failed coup but July 15’s events risk further undermining the military’s status as a key player in Turkish politics. Turkey has detained 103 generals and admirals as well as more than 2,800 soldiers accused of supporting July 15’s attempted power grab, but most of the military’s senior figures stayed loyal to Erdogan. (AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF)

: Demonstrators wave Turkish flags at Taksim square in Istanbul on July 17, 2016 during a demonstration in support to the Turkish government following a failed coup attempt. Turkish authorities pressed on July 17 with a ruthless crackdown against suspects in the failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with 6,000 people detained as he vowed to stamp out the “virus” of the putschists. Erdogan also said Turkey could consider reinstating the death penalty following the putsch bid, despite concerns in the international community. (AFP PHOTO / OZAN KOSE)

: This handout picture taken and released by the Turkish Prime Ministry press office on July 18, 2016 in Ankara shows Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim (C) chairing a cabinet meeting, three days after a failed coup which has stunned the country. Turkey has detained more than 7500 suspects involved in the coup plot seeking to oust the government, the prime minister said today. Giving a new toll, he said 208 people were killed by the coup bid, including 145 civilians, 60 police and three soldiers. 1,491 were wounded, he added, In addition, the authorities have said more than 100 coup plotters were killed. (AFP PHOTO / TURKISH PRIME MINISTER PRESS OFFICE / Handout)

: Women react during the funeral ceremony of Sehidmiz Murat Inci, victim of the coup attempt, at Kocatepe Mosque in Ankara on July 18, 2016. Support from the highest echelons in the army helped keep President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in power after the failed coup but July 15’s events risk further undermining the military’s status as a key player in Turkish politics. Turkey has detained 103 generals and admirals as well as more than 2,800 soldiers accused of supporting July 15’s attempted power grab, but most of the military’s senior figures stayed loyal to Erdogan. (AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF)

: People are seen through a Turkish flag as they block the entrance of the Armored troops school in Ankara on July 18, 2016. Support from the highest echelons in the army helped keep President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in power after the failed coup but July 15’s events risk further undermining the military’s status as a key player in Turkish politics. Turkey has detained 103 generals and admirals as well as more than 2,800 soldiers accused of supporting July 15’s attempted power grab, but most of the military’s senior figures stayed loyal to Erdogan. (AFP PHOTO / ILYAS AKENGIN)

: A Pro-Erdogan supporter holds a Turkish national flag as he looks on during a rally at Taksim square in Istanbul on July 18, 2016 following the military failed coup attempt of July 15. Turkish security forces on July 18 carried out new raids against suspected plotters of the botched coup against the rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as international concern grew over the scale of the crackdown. Thousands of pro-Erdogan supporters waving Turkish flags filled the main Kizilay Square in Ankara while similar scenes were seen in Taksim Square in Istanbul, AFP photographers said. (AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS)

: A street seller pushes his cart as people go on with their daily life on July 18, 2016 in the Kasimpasa neighborhood in Istanbul where Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was born. In the town where Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan grew up, life had returned to normal with children playing in the streets, families escaping the hot summer sunshine and friends sipping tea in cafes. No one could guess that the army attempted a coup on July 15 and that Erdogan had faced the biggest fight of his long political career. Only the presence of more Turkish flag, swaying in the gentle summer breeze, were evidence of the last events. (AFP PHOTO / DANIEL MIHAILESCU)

: A Turkish police officer stands guard next to the coffin of Erol Ince, a police officer killed Friday during the failed military coup, during the funeral in Istanbul, Monday, July 18, 2016. Warplanes patrolled Turkey’s skies overnight in a sign that authorities feared that the threat against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government was not yet over, despite official assurances that life has returned to normal after the failed coup. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

: People hold Turkish flags by tram in Taksim Square in Istanbul, as government supporters protest, Monday, July 18, 2016. Turkey’s Interior Ministry has fired nearly 9,000 police officers, bureaucrats and others and detained thousands of suspected plotters following a foiled coup against the government, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported Monday. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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