Erdogan heeft ook nog eens 8000 politieagenten ontslagen en ontwapend. Hoezo, niet voorbereid? Ook zijn er dertig van de 81 provinciegouverneurs uit hun functie gezet.
Volgens Erdogan werd de coup gepleegd door God.
Lees verder op de site.President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that Friday’s failed coup (15 July) was a “gift from God”, giving him the chance to re-shape the country, and purge the country’s elite from enemies, who accuse him of creeping Islamisation in the traditionally secular state.
Turkey widened a crackdown on suspected supporters of a failed military coup on Sunday (17 July), taking the number of people rounded up in the armed forces and judiciary to 6,000, and the government said it was in control of the country and economy.
Erdogan promised “a new Turkey” after Friday’s failed coup. He has made clear that the country he plans would be different in two fundamental ways: power would be concentrated in the hands of the president, and the old secular elites would have a lesser political role.