Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed Turkey during an interview on CNN Turk conducted via Facetime. “Those who are responsible, we will give them the necessary punishment,” Erdogan said, calling on his supporters to demonstrate in the streets. Erdogan also reportedly appeared at a rally in Ankara.
Erdogan has accused the imam Fethullah Gulen, who lives in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania, and his followers of orchestrating the coup attempt. Gullen has a loose network of charitable organizations, professional associations and other ventures, including 150 charter schools in the U.S, as the Associated Press reported in February.
The Turkish president said the coup plotters were guilty of treason and would be treated the same way as terrorists. More than 40 people have reportedly died in clashes in Ankara.
Gulen is already on Turkey’s most wanted list for terrorism, although the U.S. has declined to extradite him and has not previously commented on his status.
President Obama called for “restraint” in Turkey and support for the “democratically-elected government.”
Opposition parties in the Turkish parliament have all officially condemned the attempted coup, Ed Krayewski reported.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday morning that the government is in charge and he is in power, after the country is smarting from a coup attempt overnight.
In his second speech delivered at Istanbul Ataturk Airport today morning, the president said the armed forces do not and cannot rule Turkey, Xinhua reported.
State news agency Anadolu reports that 754 members of the armed forces have been detained. The coup attempt in Turkey was “foiled by the Turkish people in unity and solidarity,” Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said in a statement distributed by foreign missions, the agency added.
Erdogan has accused the imam Fethullah Gulen, who lives in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania, and his followers of orchestrating the coup attempt. Gullen has a loose network of charitable organizations, professional associations and other ventures, including 150 charter schools in the U.S, as the Associated Press reported in February.
The Turkish president said the coup plotters were guilty of treason and would be treated the same way as terrorists. More than 40 people have reportedly died in clashes in Ankara.
Gulen is already on Turkey’s most wanted list for terrorism, although the U.S. has declined to extradite him and has not previously commented on his status.
President Obama called for “restraint” in Turkey and support for the “democratically-elected government.”
Opposition parties in the Turkish parliament have all officially condemned the attempted coup, Ed Krayewski reported.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday morning that the government is in charge and he is in power, after the country is smarting from a coup attempt overnight.
In his second speech delivered at Istanbul Ataturk Airport today morning, the president said the armed forces do not and cannot rule Turkey, Xinhua reported.
State news agency Anadolu reports that 754 members of the armed forces have been detained. The coup attempt in Turkey was “foiled by the Turkish people in unity and solidarity,” Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said in a statement distributed by foreign missions, the agency added.
It is worth mentioning that The head of Turkey’s armed forces has been rescued after he was allegedly held hostage by rebel soldiers overnight, ITV reported.
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