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1. steve Wittlake
   July 21st, 2016 @ 7:45 am

   https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/state-of-emergency-begins-in-turkey-with-new-arrests-of-judges-generals/2016/07/21/604afada-4eb2-11e6-bf27-405106836f96_story.html

2. steve Wittlake
   July 21st, 2016 @ 7:56 am

   https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/state-of-emergency-begins-in-turkey-with-new-arrests-of-judges-generals/2016/07/21/604afada-4eb2-11e6-bf27-405106836f96_story.html

   Erdogan’s disappearance before coup was planned to let the coup leaders to come out in the open so that he could continue with his plan for establishment of the Ottoman empire with Erdogen as the Caliph. However, Russia
   has entered Armenia in force due to threats by Turkey against Armenia with enough firepower to destroy Turkey if they attack Armenia.

   Turkey suspends rights pact as state of emergency looms
   Turkey’s Erdogan declares state of emergency
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   Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has declared a three month long state of emergency. The swift measure is an attempt shore up last week’s failed military coup and bring stability to the country. (Reuters)
   By Erin Cunningham July 21 at 9:30 AM

   ISTANBUL — Turkey signaled possible harsher crackdowns ahead Thursday, suspending an international rights accord just hours after taking steps toward a nationwide state of emergency in the wake of a failed military coup.

   The hard-line moves contrasted sharply an effort by Turkish officials to reassure the country that the post-coup upheavals — including tens of thousands of people in custody or under investigation — would not harm the economy or permanently roll back democracy.

   The wide-ranging fallout after last week’s coup attempt has expanded by the day: detaining and firing judges, military leaders and academics and culminating in a state of emergency expected to be approved Thursday by parliament.

   With the new powers taking shape, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus told reporters that Turkey would temporarily suspend the European Convention on Human Rights, a pact that covers issues such as detention and searches. He cited a similar decision taken by France following the Paris attacks in November that were carried out by militants linked to the Islamic State and left 130 people dead.

   After a military coup in 1980, martial law was imposed. And Turkey imposed emergency rule over its restive Kurdish regions in the southeast in 1987 and lifted it 15 years later, but it has never done so for the entire country. Emergency rule grants authorities special powers to use the military and other security services to break up demonstrations and other public gatherings.
   What we know about the failed coup attempt in Turkey View Graphic

   “Life of ordinary people and businesses will go un-impacted, uninterrupted, business will be as usual,” Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek said on Twitter.

   One international ratings agency, Standard & Poor’s, however, downgraded Turkey’s credit rating deeper into “junk” status citing the coup attempt and resulting political turmoil, causing the country’s currency to fall and stocks to plunge Thursday.

   [Nearly one third of Turkey’s top officers charged in coup plot]

   State media, meanwhile, has announced the detention of another 32 judges and two military officers, bring the number arrested to nearly 10,000.
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   European leaders have been increasingly uncomfortable with the crackdown — and now proposed state of emergency — out of fear it could violate human rights.

   On Thursday, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said it would be in Turkey’s interest “to keep the state of emergency only for the duration that it is absolutely necessary.” He also warned against arresting people just on the basis of their political attitude rather than a proven role in the coup.

   Austria, meanwhile, summoned Turkey’s ambassador and questioned him about the country’s future. “We want to clarify . . . which direction Turkey is going to take,” said Foreign Minister Sebatian Kurz in a radio interview cited by Reuters.
   The scene in Turkey after an attempted coup
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   The nation’s military tried to overthrow the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

   A senior Turkish official also said that law enforcement detained a member of the special forces squad that raided the Aegean Sea resort that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had been staying at on the night of the coup. The special forces member was captured in the town of Ula in western Turkey, the official said, speaking anonymously in line with government protocol.

   The official also denied reports detainees — including the alleged masterminds of the coup — had suffered abuse while in custody.

   “During many arrests, fire was exchanged and there was resistance from coup plotters,” the official said. “Individuals in need of medical assistance receive necessary treatment.”

   The United States and Europe have urged Turkey to follow the rule of law and maintain democratic order in the wake of the attempted power grab that saw a renegade part of the armed forces hijack aircraft and attack key military and government buildings last week. Turkey’s countermeasures have affected more than 50,000 people — judges, civil servants, military, police and others — as the country’s leaders seek to root out opponents and perceived internal dissent.

   The government is presenting the measures as an effort to confront a wide-ranging conspiracy led by a U.S.-based Turkish cleric, Fethullah Gulen, a former ally of Erdogan whom Turkey accuses of running a terrorist organization. Critics, however, claim that Erdogan’s government is using the coup attempt as an excuse to eliminate the last vestiges of opposition to its rule.

   “The cleansing is continuing, and we remain very determined,” Erdogan said. He described a “virus” within the Turkish military and state institutions that had spread like “cancer.”

   Article 120 of the Turkish constitution allows for a state of emergency to be announced in the event of an act of violence intended to abolish democracy or cripple fundamental rights and freedoms, Erdogan said. The declaration will enable Turkey to “take the most efficient steps” in order to remove threats to “democracy, to the rule of law and to the freedoms of the citizens in our country,” he said.

   The crackdown against alleged Gulenists has showed no signs of relenting and on Wednesday Turkey issued a ban on professional travel for all academics, opened investigations into military courts and closed schools.

   Analysts have raised fears that Erdogan may be moving toward establishing a one-party state.

   Gulen, the cleric accused of inspiring the coup attempt, has denied any link to the plot, implying instead that Erdogan staged it as part of a bid to consolidate power. Gulen lives in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania, and his backers operate education networks in Turkey, the United States and elsewhere.

   Turkey has requested Gulen’s extradition from the United States.

   In Washington, Secretary of State John F. Kerry said the Justice Department has jurisdiction over the issue. “They will have to make their judgments applying our legal standards to whatever has been put forward,” he said.

   Read more:

   Turkish mayor calls for graveyard for “traitors” behind coup

   Turkey seeks probes of U.S. charter schools linked to Gulen

   Thousands of Turkish judges purged after coup attempt

   Today’s coverage from Post correspondents around the world

3. steve Wittlake
   July 21st, 2016 @ 7:57 am

   https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/state-of-emergency-begins-in-turkey-with-new-arrests-of-judges-generals/2016/07/21/604afada-4eb2-11e6-bf27-405106836f96_story.html

   Erdogan’s disappearance before coup was planned to let the coup leaders to come out in the open so that he could continue with his plan for establishment of the Ottoman empire with Erdogen as the Caliph. However, Russia
   has entered Armenia in force due to threats by Turkey against Armenia with enough firepower to destroy Turkey if they attack Armenia.

   Turkey suspends rights pact as state of emergency looms
   Turkey’s Erdogan declares state of emergency
   Embed Share
   Play Video1:10
   Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has declared a three month long state of emergency. The swift measure is an attempt shore up last week’s failed military coup and bring stability to the country. (Reuters)
   By Erin Cunningham July 21 at 9:30 AM

   ISTANBUL — Turkey signaled possible harsher crackdowns ahead Thursday, suspending an international rights accord just hours after taking steps toward a nationwide state of emergency in the wake of a failed military coup.

   The hard-line moves contrasted sharply an effort by Turkish officials to reassure the country that the post-coup upheavals — including tens of thousands of people in custody or under investigation — would not harm the economy or permanently roll back democracy.

   The wide-ranging fallout after last week’s coup attempt has expanded by the day: detaining and firing judges, military leaders and academics and culminating in a state of emergency expected to be approved Thursday by parliament.

   With the new powers taking shape, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus told reporters that Turkey would temporarily suspend the European Convention on Human Rights, a pact that covers issues such as detention and searches. He cited a similar decision taken by France following the Paris attacks in November that were carried out by militants linked to the Islamic State and left 130 people dead.

   After a military coup in 1980, martial law was imposed. And Turkey imposed emergency rule over its restive Kurdish regions in the southeast in 1987 and lifted it 15 years later, but it has never done so for the entire country. Emergency rule grants authorities special powers to use the military and other security services to break up demonstrations and other public gatherings.
   What we know about the failed coup attempt in Turkey View Graphic

   “Life of ordinary people and businesses will go un-impacted, uninterrupted, business will be as usual,” Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek said on Twitter.

   One international ratings agency, Standard & Poor’s, however, downgraded Turkey’s credit rating deeper into “junk” status citing the coup attempt and resulting political turmoil, causing the country’s currency to fall and stocks to plunge Thursday.

   [Nearly one third of Turkey’s top officers charged in coup plot]

   State media, meanwhile, has announced the detention of another 32 judges and two military officers, bring the number arrested to nearly 10,000.
   Content from Dell and Intel®Greening the planet and the bottom line
   Read about how progressive companies are embracing sustainability to lessen their environmental impact.

   European leaders have been increasingly uncomfortable with the crackdown — and now proposed state of emergency — out of fear it could violate human rights.

   On Thursday, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said it would be in Turkey’s interest “to keep the state of emergency only for the duration that it is absolutely necessary.” He also warned against arresting people just on the basis of their political attitude rather than a proven role in the coup.

   Austria, meanwhile, summoned Turkey’s ambassador and questioned him about the country’s future. “We want to clarify . . . which direction Turkey is going to take,” said Foreign Minister Sebatian Kurz in a radio interview cited by Reuters.
   The scene in Turkey after an attempted coup
   View Photos
   The nation’s military tried to overthrow the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

   A senior Turkish official also said that law enforcement detained a member of the special forces squad that raided the Aegean Sea resort that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had been staying at on the night of the coup. The special forces member was captured in the town of Ula in western Turkey, the official said, speaking anonymously in line with government protocol.

   The official also denied reports detainees — including the alleged masterminds of the coup — had suffered abuse while in custody.

   “During many arrests, fire was exchanged and there was resistance from coup plotters,” the official said. “Individuals in need of medical assistance receive necessary treatment.”

   The United States and Europe have urged Turkey to follow the rule of law and maintain democratic order in the wake of the attempted power grab that saw a renegade part of the armed forces hijack aircraft and attack key military and government buildings last week. Turkey’s countermeasures have affected more than 50,000 people — judges, civil servants, military, police and others — as the country’s leaders seek to root out opponents and perceived internal dissent.

   The government is presenting the measures as an effort to confront a wide-ranging conspiracy led by a U.S.-based Turkish cleric, Fethullah Gulen, a former ally of Erdogan whom Turkey accuses of running a terrorist organization. Critics, however, claim that Erdogan’s government is using the coup attempt as an excuse to eliminate the last vestiges of opposition to its rule.

   “The cleansing is continuing, and we remain very determined,” Erdogan said. He described a “virus” within the Turkish military and state institutions that had spread like “cancer.”

   Article 120 of the Turkish constitution allows for a state of emergency to be announced in the event of an act of violence intended to abolish democracy or cripple fundamental rights and freedoms, Erdogan said. The declaration will enable Turkey to “take the most efficient steps” in order to remove threats to “democracy, to the rule of law and to the freedoms of the citizens in our country,” he said.

   The crackdown against alleged Gulenists has showed no signs of relenting and on Wednesday Turkey issued a ban on professional travel for all academics, opened investigations into military courts and closed schools.

   Analysts have raised fears that Erdogan may be moving toward establishing a one-party state.

   Gulen, the cleric accused of inspiring the coup attempt, has denied any link to the plot, implying instead that Erdogan staged it as part of a bid to consolidate power. Gulen lives in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania, and his backers operate education networks in Turkey, the United States and elsewhere.

   Turkey has requested Gulen’s extradition from the United States.

   In Washington, Secretary of State John F. Kerry said the Justice Department has jurisdiction over the issue. “They will have to make their judgments applying our legal standards to whatever has been put forward,” he said.

   Read more:

   Turkish mayor calls for graveyard for “traitors” behind coup

   Turkey seeks probes of U.S. charter schools linked to Gulen

   Thousands of Turkish judges purged after coup attempt

   Today’s coverage from Post correspondents around the world

4. steve Wittlake
   July 21st, 2016 @ 7:58 am

   https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/state-of-emergency-begins-in-turkey-with-new-arrests-of-judges-generals/2016/07/21/604afada-4eb2-11e6-bf27-405106836f96_story.html

   Erdogan’s disappearance before coup was planned to let the coup leaders to come out in the open so that he could continue with his plan for establishment of the Ottoman empire with Erdogen as the Caliph. However, Russia
   has entered Armenia in force due to threats by Turkey against Armenia with enough firepower to destroy Turkey if they attack Armenia.

   Turkey suspends rights pact as state of emergency looms
   Turkey’s Erdogan declares state of emergency
   Embed Share
   Play Video1:10
   Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has declared a three month long state of emergency. The swift measure is an attempt shore up last week’s failed military coup and bring stability to the country. (Reuters)
   By Erin Cunningham July 21 at 9:30 AM

   ISTANBUL — Turkey signaled possible harsher crackdowns ahead Thursday, suspending an international rights accord just hours after taking steps toward a nationwide state of emergency in the wake of a failed military coup.

   The hard-line moves contrasted sharply an effort by Turkish officials to reassure the country that the post-coup upheavals — including tens of thousands of people in custody or under investigation — would not harm the economy or permanently roll back democracy.

   The wide-ranging fallout after last week’s coup attempt has expanded by the day: detaining and firing judges, military leaders and academics and culminating in a state of emergency expected to be approved Thursday by parliament.

   With the new powers taking shape, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus told reporters that Turkey would temporarily suspend the European Convention on Human Rights, a pact that covers issues such as detention and searches. He cited a similar decision taken by France following the Paris attacks in November that were carried out by militants linked to the Islamic State and left 130 people dead.

   After a military coup in 1980, martial law was imposed. And Turkey imposed emergency rule over its restive Kurdish regions in the southeast in 1987 and lifted it 15 years later, but it has never done so for the entire country. Emergency rule grants authorities special powers to use the military and other security services to break up demonstrations and other public gatherings.
   What we know about the failed coup attempt in Turkey View Graphic

   “Life of ordinary people and businesses will go un-impacted, uninterrupted, business will be as usual,” Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek said on Twitter.

   One international ratings agency, Standard & Poor’s, however, downgraded Turkey’s credit rating deeper into “junk” status citing the coup attempt and resulting political turmoil, causing the country’s currency to fall and stocks to plunge Thursday.

   [Nearly one third of Turkey’s top officers charged in coup plot]

   State media, meanwhile, has announced the detention of another 32 judges and two military officers, bring the number arrested to nearly 10,000.
   Content from Dell and Intel®Greening the planet and the bottom line
   Read about how progressive companies are embracing sustainability to lessen their environmental impact.

   European leaders have been increasingly uncomfortable with the crackdown — and now proposed state of emergency — out of fear it could violate human rights.

   On Thursday, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said it would be in Turkey’s interest “to keep the state of emergency only for the duration that it is absolutely necessary.” He also warned against arresting people just on the basis of their political attitude rather than a proven role in the coup.

   Austria, meanwhile, summoned Turkey’s ambassador and questioned him about the country’s future. “We want to clarify . . . which direction Turkey is going to take,” said Foreign Minister Sebatian Kurz in a radio interview cited by Reuters.
   The scene in Turkey after an attempted coup
   View Photos
   The nation’s military tried to overthrow the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

   A senior Turkish official also said that law enforcement detained a member of the special forces squad that raided the Aegean Sea resort that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had been staying at on the night of the coup. The special forces member was captured in the town of Ula in western Turkey, the official said, speaking anonymously in line with government protocol.

   The official also denied reports detainees — including the alleged masterminds of the coup — had suffered abuse while in custody.

   “During many arrests, fire was exchanged and there was resistance from coup plotters,” the official said. “Individuals in need of medical assistance receive necessary treatment.”

   The United States and Europe have urged Turkey to follow the rule of law and maintain democratic order in the wake of the attempted power grab that saw a renegade part of the armed forces hijack aircraft and attack key military and government buildings last week. Turkey’s countermeasures have affected more than 50,000 people — judges, civil servants, military, police and others — as the country’s leaders seek to root out opponents and perceived internal dissent.

   The government is presenting the measures as an effort to confront a wide-ranging conspiracy led by a U.S.-based Turkish cleric, Fethullah Gulen, a former ally of Erdogan whom Turkey accuses of running a terrorist organization. Critics, however, claim that Erdogan’s government is using the coup attempt as an excuse to eliminate the last vestiges of opposition to its rule.

   “The cleansing is continuing, and we remain very determined,” Erdogan said. He described a “virus” within the Turkish military and state institutions that had spread like “cancer.”

   Article 120 of the Turkish constitution allows for a state of emergency to be announced in the event of an act of violence intended to abolish democracy or cripple fundamental rights and freedoms, Erdogan said. The declaration will enable Turkey to “take the most efficient steps” in order to remove threats to “democracy, to the rule of law and to the freedoms of the citizens in our country,” he said.

   The crackdown against alleged Gulenists has showed no signs of relenting and on Wednesday Turkey issued a ban on professional travel for all academics, opened investigations into military courts and closed schools.

   Analysts have raised fears that Erdogan may be moving toward establishing a one-party state.

   Gulen, the cleric accused of inspiring the coup attempt, has denied any link to the plot, implying instead that Erdogan staged it as part of a bid to consolidate power. Gulen lives in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania, and his backers operate education networks in Turkey, the United States and elsewhere.

   Turkey has requested Gulen’s extradition from the United States.

   In Washington, Secretary of State John F. Kerry said the Justice Department has jurisdiction over the issue. “They will have to make their judgments applying our legal standards to whatever has been put forward,” he said.

   Read more:

   Turkish mayor calls for graveyard for “traitors” behind coup

   Turkey seeks probes of U.S. charter schools linked to Gulen

   Thousands of Turkish judges purged after coup attempt

   Today’s coverage from Post correspondents around the world

5. steve Wittlake
   July 21st, 2016 @ 7:58 am

   Erdogan’s disappearance before coup was planned to let the coup leaders to come out in the open so that he could continue with his plan for establishment of the Ottoman empire with Erdogen as the Caliph. However, Russia
   has entered Armenia in force due to threats by Turkey against Armenia with enough firepower to destroy Turkey if they attack Armenia.

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