Erdogan Arrests Thousands of Judges Who had Nothing to do with Coup

Andrew Anglin
Daily Stormer
July 17, 2016

More proof that Erdogan was the only one who could benefit from a coup which was apparently designed to fail: he’s arrested thousands of judges.

Obviously, the judges had no involvement in the coup, but Erdogan is using it to remove any and all perceived enemies from the government, establishing himself as supreme leader.

Even if Erdogan did not stage this coup himself, as I have suggested, it certainly was – as he himself put it – “a gift from Allah.”

euronews:

Turkey’s authorities have rounded up nearly 3,000 suspected military plotters, including top commanders and foot soldiers, and ordered thousands of judges detained after forces loyal to Erdogan crushed the attempted coup.

In the capital Ankara on Sunday soldiers were being taken away in buses to a sports hall, some handcuffed and stripped to their underwear.

One senior officer told Reuters news agency that only a few coup plotters remain at large and that they no longer pose a threat to security

“Let’s hang them!” chanted crowds in Ankara’s central Kizilay square late on Saturday.

Erdogan supporters waving Turkish flags also thronged the central Taksim square in Istanbul – scene of mass anti-government protests three years ago – and a smaller crowd gathered outside the gates of the his vast presidential palace complex in the capital.

For at least eight hours overnight on Friday violence shook Turkey’s two main cities. But the coup attempt crumbled as Erdogan rushed back to Istanbul from a Mediterranean holiday and urged people to take to the streets in support of his government against plotters he accused of trying to kill him.

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French President Francois Hollande said on Saturday he expected there would be a period of repression in Turkey in the aftermath of the failed coup.

“They will pay a heavy price for this,” Erdogan said, launching a purge of the armed forces. “This uprising is a gift from God to us because this will be a reason to cleanse our army.”

He told crowds chanting for a return of the death penalty, which has been abolished, that parliament may consider such a proposal.

Hundreds of soldiers were held in Ankara for alleged involvement, leaving police stations overflowing. Among those detained was the head of the Second Army which protects the country’s borders with Syria, Iraq and Iran, state-run Anadolu news agency said.

Some had to be taken under armed police escort in buses to a sports stadium. Reuters footage showed some of the detainees, handcuffed and stripped from the waist up, sitting on the floor of one of the buses.

The government declared the situation under control, saying 2,839 people had been rounded up, including “the backbone” of the rebellion.

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Erdogan has blamed the coup bid on supporters of U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom he has frequently accused of trying to foment an uprising in the military, media and judiciary.

Authorities began a major crackdown in the judiciary of those suspected of links to Gulen, removing from their posts and ordering the detention of nearly 3,000 prosecutors and judges on Saturday, including from top courts.

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Erdogan called on the United States to extradite Gulen. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Washington was willing to help Turkey as it tries to identify those involved, but made clear it would act only if there was evidence against Gulen.

Kerry also warned that public suggestions of a U.S. role were “utterly false” and harmful to relations after Turkey’s labor minister suggested there had been U.S. involvement in the plot.

Yeah, I guess they figured out that blaming Gulen alone didn’t make any sense.

Nonetheless, I can pretty well guarantee US-Turkey relations won’t suffer from this. There will be a bit more back and forth, then it will be business as usual.

Nor is Turkey going to keep on the path of accusing the US, because they would have to explain why the US would attempt to overthrow an ally who is doing literally absolutely everything they want him to do. Total lapdog.

A “Turkish-German” MP who regularly criticizes Erdogan has come out stating the obvious fact that Erdogan himself is the sole beneficiary of this coup.

She didn’t go so far as to say it was a hoax, even while not explaining who would have benefited if the coup had been successful.