Tausende Menschen haben in der vergangenen Nacht für Erdogan demonstriert und bei der Nachricht, dass der Militärputsch zurückgeschlagen wurde, gefeiert.
Mit der möglicherweise bevorstehenden Wiedereinführung der Todesstrafe aus politischen Gründen haben diese nicht gerechnet, als sie für den Erhalt der Demokratie und für Frieden auf die Strasse gingen.
The meeting saw the dismissal of 2,745 judges along with several members of the council itself, which is Turkey’s highest judiciary board.
Five companies took part in the tender for the purchase of the first 100,000 rifles: Heckler & Koch (Germany), FN Herstal (Belgium), Beretta (Italy), Swiss Arms (Switzerland) and HS Produkt (Croatia).
Last week two finalists were announced: automatic rifle Heckler & Koch HK416 and the Belgian FN SCAR. The final decision is expected to be made by the French military over the course of the month.
Die „Kooperation für den Frieden“, ein Zusammenschluss von mehr als 60 Organisationen und Initiativen aus der Friedensbewegung, legt mit den „Friedenspolitischen Forderungen und Perspektiven“ eine Alternative zum Weißbuch der Bundesregierung zur Sicherheitspolitik und zur Zukunft der Bundeswehr vor. Die Kooperation lehnt das Weißbuch als Dokument der Aufrüstung ab.
(14.7.2016) „Aber ich glaube, dass es falsch ist, dass man aus einem bilateral deutschtürkischen Problem ein Nato-Problem macht. Wir reden über integrierte Einsätze, wir reden über Verbände, die die Deutschen brauchen. Und da kann man nicht einfach sagen: Die Abgeordneten können nicht, also wollen wir da raus.“
Der Chef der Luftwaffenbasis Incirlik, Generalleutnant İshak Dayıoğlu, ist nach dem gescheitertem Putschversuch in der Türkei festgenommen worden. Das berichteten türkische Medien am Samstag.
Meanwhile, the Turkish Government indirectly pointed his finger to the US and the man behind the coup (Fetula Gulen), stating: “I do not see any country that would stand behind this man, this leader of the terrorist gang, especially after last night. The country that would stand behind this man is no friend to Turkey. It would even be a hostile act against Turkey,” Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım told reporters on Saturday, as Turkey was recovering from overnight violence.
Any country that would harbor Fethullah Gülen, the leader of the parallel state that is regarded as the mastermind of July 15’s coup attempt would not be Turkey’s friend, the Turkish prime minister has said, obviously urging the United States where the self-exile religious leader lives since late 1990s.
Nervous Senate Democrats raised concerns with Hillary Clinton during a private meeting in the Capitol Thursday over a recent poll showing Donald Trump leading or tied in several battleground states.
“Some people were freaked out, they were looking down at the polls on RealClearPolitics and asking why it was so close,” said a Democratic senator who attended the meeting, referring to a website lawmakers were checking out on their personal devices.
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For sure, a certain number of aircraft supported the coup: Turkish Air Force F-16s performed ultra low-level passes, at rooftop altitude, with full afterburners over Turkey’s capital Ankara during the opening hours of the takeover. These were reportedly refuelled mid-air by TuAF KC-135s launched from Incirlik airbase.
(7.8.2015) The United States has three main concerns: In Turkey‘s turbulent political environment, it does not want to see a repeat of 2003, when the Turkish parliament unexpectedly refused to allow the Americans to open an Iraqi front from Turkey.
That shock cost the United States two weeks and billions of dollars. The Americans are therefore wary of Turkey’s political tangles and sudden U-turns by the Turkish government.
The Turkish authorities have imposed a security lockdown and cut power to the Incirlik air base in southern Turkey.
The facility is 68 miles (110 kilometers) from the Syrian border and houses a stash of nuclear weapons and 1,500 US troops.
Am Freitag hat eine Expertengruppe des Aktionsbündnisses gegen S21 ihr Konzept „Umstieg21“ vorgestellt: Auf Basis des derzeitigen Baustands mit all seinen Schäden, Gruben und Neubauten werden konkrete und realisierbare Alternativen entwickelt. Erstaunlich viele Baustellen sind intelligent umnutzbar.
Director of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) Mehmet Görmez, Istanbul’s Fener Rum Patriarch Bartholomew, the Turkish Jewish Turkish Jews’ Chief Rabbi Rav Izak Haleva, the acting Patriarch of Turkish Armenians Aram Ateşyan, leader of Assyrian Catholic Community Yusuf Çetin and Turkish Assyrian Catholic acting Patriarch Yusuf Sağ have all joined the declaration.
STUTTGART, Germany — U.S. military operations out of Turkey’s Incirlik Air Base came to a halt Saturday afternoon as the Turkish military closed the airspace around the base, following an attempted coup, a Pentagon spokesman said.
Zuvor hatte Ankara erlaubt, die Basis Incirlik für die Luftwaffe der USA, Deutschlands, Großbritanniens, Katars und Saudi-Arabiens zu nutzen.
Der als Drahtzieher des jüngsten Putschversuchs in der Türkei geltende Akin Öztürk, ehemaliger Befehlshaber der türkischen Luftwaffe, ist von den Sicherheitskräften festgenommen worden.
There was one exception: A small number of U.S. planes that already were on missions before the airspace closed have been allowed to return and land at Incirlik, the official said, adding that there is no clear understanding about how long the airspace closure will last.
Earlier, the U.S. consulate in Adana reported that power to the base had been cut and local authorities were preventing movement onto and off the site.
Die Botschaft der USA warnte US-Bürger am Freitagabend davor, ihre Häuser und Hotels zu verlassen. Sie sprach von einem „Aufstand in der Türkei“ und davon, dass der Ausnahmezustand und das Kriegsrecht verhängt worden wären.
Dies erscheint als bemerkenswert, da eine ähnliche Terminologie regelmäßig auch im Zusammenhang mit dem Beginn des Bürgerkriegs in Syrien gewählt wurde. Türkische Quellen berichten, dass europäische Länder wie Frankreich und Deutschland in den Tagen vor den Ereignissen ihre Botschaften in der Türkei geschlossen oder den Betrieb eingeschränkt hätten.
“At this time, Turkish authorities are not permitting aircraft to depart Incirlik,” an American military official said on Saturday morning.
The American official said the United States was seeking an explanation for the decision and other details.
urkey has halted US-led coalition aircraft from delivering air strikes on the Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria that are flying from the Incirlik air base in the country’s south, the New York Times online newspaper said on Saturday.
„At this time, Turkish authorities are not permitting aircraft to depart Incirlik,“ the daily cited an American military official as saying.
Offensichtlich im Zusammenhang mit dem gescheiterten Putsch hatte es in der vergangenen Nacht einen Schusswechsel vor dem Haupttor des Flugplatzes gegeben. Die Details sind unklar; die Bundeswehr war nach Angaben der Sprecherin davon nicht betroffen.
U.S. military operations out of Turkey’s Incirlik Air Base came to a halt Saturday afternoon as the Turkish military closed the airspace around the base, following an attempted coup, CNN reported.
Also, power to the air base, located in the İncirlik quarter of the province of Adana, has been cut.
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In early 2010, Horst Köhler visited German troops serving in Afghanistan. As German president at the time, he needed to explain to a very skeptical public back home why over 6,000 soldiers serving under a NATO flag had been posted in a faraway country rife with conflict and danger.
And that is exactly what he did. Köhler told German radio that his country could no longer avoid involvement in military missions. The reason, he explained, was that those missions helped “protect our interests, for example, free trade routes, or to prevent regional instability, which might certainly have a negative effect on our trade, jobs and income.”
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„Erdogan will try to extend his position of power,“ the veteran member of the European parliament was quoted as saying in the interview published Saturday, adding that such a move could lead to a „dramatic divide“ in Turkish society.
„Turkey must quickly return to constitutional order. This would apply to the military as well as for Erdogan who currently fulfils a function as president that is not foreseen in the constitution,“ Brok added.
The Greek government will examine the asylum requests of eight people who landed at Alexandroupolis airport on Saturday aboard a Turkish military helicopter as dictated by international laws, government spokeswoman Olga Gerovasili said.