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Turkey coup attempt: Detentions ‘tip of the iceberg’
Turkey's deputy prime minister has described as "the tip of the iceberg" the infiltration of state institutions by the group the government blames for last Friday's failed coup. Nurettin Canikli told the BBC that the number of arrests could grow. At least 60,000 state employees have been detained or suspended...
Turkey coup attempt: Charges laid against 99 generals and admirals
Turkey has formally charged 99 generals and admirals in connection with the weekend's thwarted coup attempt — a significant chunk of the country's military top brass. President Erdogan is meeting with loyal commanders and his cabinet in Ankara. Authorities have banned all academics from travelling abroad,...
Turkey coup attempt: Greek dilemma over soldiers who fled
Early on Saturday morning, an airport in the Greek town of Alexandroupoli, close to the Turkish border, received a distress signal. It was from a Turkish military helicopter. On board were eight Turkish soldiers, fleeing their country, amidst the chaos of Friday night's failed coup. When they landed in Greece, they asked...
Turkey coup attempt: Police and officials purged
Turkish officials say that nearly 8,000 police officers have been suspended on suspicion of having links to the coup attempt at the weekend. Some 6,000 members of the judiciary and military, including generals, have been detained. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to purge state bodies of the "virus" that had...
Turkey: Military says coup attempt has been quashed
An attempted coup by a faction of the armed forces has been quashed, Turkey's acting military chief of staff says. Umit Dundar said 104 coup plotters had been killed and 1,563 arrested in a night of gunfire and explosions in Ankara, Istanbul and elsewhere. A further 90 people died and 1,154 people were injured as thousands...
Turkish President Erdogan appears in Istanbul to denounce army coup attempt
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has flown in to Istanbul, after an army group said it took over the country. He was seen surrounded by cheering supporters, saying in a live TV speech that the coup attempt was an "act of treason" and the army must be cleansed. Sixty people died during overnight clashes, many of...