Turkey is casting suspicions much further afield in the aftermath of the failed coup - now implicating its supposed NATO ally, the United States. RT’s Lizzie Phelan has more.
Turkey’s purge of Gülen supporters continued on Saturday with the closure of hundreds of private schools, charities and other institutions suspects of links with the US-based cleric. Ankara declared a state of emergency after a failed military coup.
The Turkish government is warning of the risk of a second coup attempt. Both President Erdogan and Prime Minister Binali Yildrim have addressed their supporters, after the first Friday prayers since a faction in the military tried to take power.
Post-coup attempt realities: With Turkish President Erdogan firmly in control, he has demanded a cleansing of the military and many social institutions. What kind of Turkey does he intend to create? And will Turkey’s foreign policy change?
The whole world was caught off guard by the attempted military coup in Turkey, but what followed afterwards has been no less dramatic. Mass arrests of the military, judges, and journalists, on terrorism-related charges, have brought the word "purge" back into the geopolitical vocabulary but what does the future hold for Turkey? To discuss this, Oksana is joined by Yasar Yakis, a former Foreign Minister of Turkey.
More than 50,000 people have either been detained or dismissed from their jobs, in the wake of the failed coup in Turkey. They include teachers, judges, police and the military. Questions are being asked how the government can maintain security, and stop people from taking the law into their own hands. Al Jazeera's Bernard Smith reports from Istanbul.
Turkey became a candidate for the EU membership in 2005. It's been pushing for it for more than two decades. Ankara dropped the death penalty to follow EU rules. But after the failed coup, President Erdogan says he will approve it as a law if the Parliament agrees to it. Al Jazeera's Mohammed Jamjoon reports from Istanbul.
July 18 -- James Stavridis, Fletcher School dean at Tufts University, discusses the failed coup in Turkey, the political response from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and concerns over European migration out of Turkey. He speaks on "Bloomberg Surveillance."
Turkey has suspended the annual leave of more than three million civil servants, until further notice. It comes amid a massive purge of the judiciary, police and armed forces, after Friday's failed coup. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim is vowing to bring those responsible to account. Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith reports from Istanbul.
