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2019-07-10 The Grand Turk
Turkey Issues Warrants for Over 200 Soldiers over Alleged Coup Links
[AnNahar] Ottoman Turkish police began nationwide raids Tuesday aimed at detaining over 200 military personnel suspected of ties to the group blamed for a 2016 coup attempt, officials and state media reported, in an ongoing crackdown that has seen thousands tossed in the clink
Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages!
The Istanbul public prosecutor said it issued arrest warrants for 176 active duty military personnel, including a colonel, five majors and 100 lieutenants from the different armed forces over alleged links to Moslem preacher Fethullah Gülen
... a Turkish preacher living in Pennsylvania whom the current govt of Turkey considers responsible for all the ills afflicting Turkey and possibly the entire world. Gülen and Erdogan used to be really good friends, but only one of them could be sultan, and Gülen lost...
's movement.

The Izmir public prosecutor in the Aegean region issued arrest warrants for 35 suspects including 20 soldiers on active duty and 10 civilians, state news agency Anadolu said.

The agency said eight suspects were tossed into the calaboose already.

In the northwestern province of Kocaeli, the prosecutor sought the arrest of 17 suspects including nine current and former soldiers across seven cities, Anadolu reported.

Authorities have detained tens of thousands of individuals since 2016, and the raids show no sign of slowing with almost daily reports of arrest warrants issued despite criticism from Western allies and rights defenders.
The Jerusalem Post adds:
In the 3-year purge since the coup attempt, more than 77,000 people have been tossed in the clink
Book 'im, Mahmoud!
pending trial and about 150,000 civil servants, military personnel and others have been sacked or suspended from their jobs.
Posted by trailing wife 2019-07-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ]  Top
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#1 How long is this going to go on?
Posted by AlanC 2019-07-10 07:12||   2019-07-10 07:12|| Front Page Top

#2 The beatings will continue until morale is restored.
Posted by Mullah Richard 2019-07-10 07:42||   2019-07-10 07:42|| Front Page Top

#3 How long is this going to go on?

They’re only up to 227,000 impacted, according to the article. I fear it’ll be a million or more before Sultan Recep Tayip Erdogan I is made to stop, one way or another.

Posted by trailing wife 2019-07-10 08:24||   2019-07-10 08:24|| Front Page Top

#4 If this many military types had actually been involved in a coup, Yipyip would be toast.
Posted by Snaviper McCoy6553 2019-07-10 09:17||   2019-07-10 09:17|| Front Page Top

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