This incident comes after Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared he is in control of the country early Saturday as loyal military and police forces quashed a coup attempt during a night of explosions, air battles and gunfire that left dozens dead.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who flew home early Saturday, said coup supporters “will pay a heavy price for their treason to Turkey.”...
[indianexpress.com]
16/7/16
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Although the government claims the situation in Turkey is "fully under control", reports suggest not all is peaceful yet...
ReplyDeleteReuters news agency is reporting that an "anti-government group" has taken over a frigate at Turkey's Golcuk naval base and taken a commander hostage, citing a Greek military source.
The BBC cannot confirm this report.
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Turkey demanded on Saturday the extradition of eight soldiers who fled to Greece after a coup attempt on late Friday...
ReplyDeleteTurkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu tweeted on Saturday: "We have requested the immediate surrender of the eight traitor soldiers who fled to Greece with a helicopter."
Political asylum was requested by Greece from the eight crew members of the Turkish military helicopter that landed at the airport of Alexandroupoli "Demokritos".
Police headquarters in Komotini confirmed to Anadolu Agency that the eight people were arrested by Greek police at 11.50 am local time.
* Magda Panoutsopoulou contributed to this report from Athens.
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Turkish media are widely reporting two men as having orchestrated the attempted coup...
ReplyDeleteOne of these is General Akin Ozturk, the former commander of the Turkish Air Force, who retired from the military in August 2015, but who continued to serve as a member of the Supreme Military Council.
The second indvidual is Lieutenant-General Metin Iyidil, the Combat and Support Training commander of the Land Forces Training and Doctrine Command.
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