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The Grand Turk
Turkey's purge: More arrests, confiscations, and a Clinton donor
2016-08-25
Turkish authorities fire more than 2,800 judges, prosecutors

[Ynet] Turkish authorities fired more than 2,800 judges and prosecutors on Wednesday, in the latest purge related to the July 15 coup, broadcaster CNN Turk reported.

Turkey issues arrest warrants for 29 academics

[IsraelTimes] Dozens of personnel at Katip Çelebi University arrested or suspended over failed coup to oust Erdogan

A Turkish court Tuesday ordered the arrests of dozens of members of staff at a state-run university in an ongoing crackdown following a failed coup attempt last month, the Turkish Minute website reported.

Among those on the arrest list were the university’s former deputy rector, Professor Tancan Uysal, who in the 2015 elections ran in Justice and Development Party (AK Party) which was formerly led by Erdogan.

Earlier this month 44 arrest warrants were issued for academics and members of staff at the university. Of those, 40 have been detained and four are still on the run.

The arrests came a day after the Hurriyet Daily newspaper reported a court in the capital Ankara issued arrest papers for 38 other people in connection with a 2010 sex-tape scandal involving the chairman of the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and which was allegedly orchestrated by the Gullen movement.

In addition, seven academics at the Yüzüncü Yıl University in the eastern province of Van were suspended Tuesday for links to the Gulen movement, the report said.

So far, 81,494 people have been purged from state bodies,
...unemployed, unemployable, and unable to leave the country, not to mention countless more enjoying the same in the private sector....
40,029 detained and 20,355 arrested since the coup attempt, Turkish Minute said.

Three more former Turkish footballers embroiled in anti-Gülen sports probe

[Hurriyet] An Istanbul prosecutor has issued an arrest warrant for three former football stars as part of an investigation probing alleged infiltration of the movement of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen into Turkish football.

Two weeks after a warrant was issued against footballer-turned-politician Hakan Åžükür and his father Selmet Åžükür over alleged links to the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ), Istanbul prosecutor Mehmet Åženay Baygın has also issued warrants for former players Arif Erdem, Ä°smail Demiriz and UÄŸur Tütüneker.

Staging operations to arrest the suspects, police detained Demiriz at his home in the Büyükçekmece district of Istanbul. The two others suspects, along with Åžükür, were confirmed to be abroad.

In addition to his arrest warrant, a Turkish court in the northwestern province of Sakarya on Aug. 12 had ruled for the seizure of property and possessions owned by Åžükür and his father, worth 200 million Turkish Liras, after identifying the two as providing financial support to FETÖ.

One of coup plot leaders was Clinton donor: Report

[Hurriyet] A company created by Adil Öksüz, who is believed to have ties to U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, made a $5,000 donation to the Ready for Hillary PAC, a group preparing for Clinton’s presidential campaign, according to the report on Aug. 24.

“A company called Harmony Enterprises gave $5,000 to the PAC on June 27, 2014, campaign finance records show. Öksüz registered Harmony in New Jersey in 2010, according to state corporate records. It is the only campaign donation the company had ever made,” the report read, as it added that the Clinton campaign, which did not control the operations of the super PAC, didn’t provide a response to USA TODAY’s questions.

“The company website suggests it is a paper manufacturing business, but the address listed on the corporate records is a used-car lot on a highway in Lodi, N.J. Harmony’s phone number is disconnected,” it added.

Foreign nationals are not allowed by law to make campaign donations, but foreign-owned companies are allowed to donate as long as they are using U.S.-generated profits and the decision to donate is made by U.S citizens who work for the company, the newspaper said, citing election lawyer Charlie Spies.

Gülen’s extradition must not prolong

[Hurriyet] On Turkey’s expectation of Gülen’s extradition, Biden said, “I understand the intense feeling your government and the people of Turkey have about him [Gülen]. We are cooperating with the Turkish authorities,” recalling ongoing technical works undertaken between the two countries’ justice ministries in Ankara.

The U.S. had “no intention of protecting a person who harms” its ally, Biden said, but made clear the decision would be given by the U.S. courts upon the evidence provided by Turkey.

“We are cooperating with Turkish authorities, our legal experts are working right now with [their] Turkish counterparts on [the] production of and evaluation of material and evidence that needs to be supplied to an American court to meet requirements under our law and the extradition treaty, and we’ll continue to do so as you continue to bring forward additional information,” he stressed.
In other words, we are a nation of laws, not a totalitarian regime that can just ship off some guy just because Sultan Recip I wants him, though possibly President Erdogan, et al did not understand it that way. Well said, Mr. Vice President.
Yıldırım on the other side made clear that the strategic partnership between the two countries necessitated the U.S. to hand over Gülen to Turkey, which could turn the negative feelings towards the U.S. positive.

“Our greatest expectation would be that we don’t lose any time conducting these processes and I believe the final expectation [is] clear,” he added.
Another Hurriyet article adds:
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  So who is an ally?
Posted by: gorb   2016-08-25 12:30  

#1  "The U.S. had 'no intention of protecting a person who harms' its ally, Biden said..."
In that case, George Soros should be in jail in France.
Posted by: Glairong Sforza7574   2016-08-25 08:59