The Turkish Witch-Hunt Begins: Erdogan Begins Arresting Government Critics
Having arrested those who were supposedly directly involved in the attempted coup, which at last count this morning amounted to over 6,000 individuals of which 3,000 members of the army (or less than 1% of Turkey’s 315,000-strong forces) and the Turkish legal system, including judges and prosecutors. That Erdogan was so quick in assembling a list of enemies in the judicial branch, whose arrests started early on Saturday even before the coup was fully doused, is the clearest indication that Erdogan was not only prepared for the “coup”, but its inevitable outcome.
The video below released by the government Anadolu Agency, shows Turkish police interrogate senior army officers allegedly involved in the failed coup.
[Video] Eski Hava Kuvvetleri Komutanı Öztürk ve diğer darbeci askerlerin sorgusu sürüyor http://v.aa.com.tr/609558
