Erdogan Clamps Down, Europe Howls James Tweedie, The Morning Star, London, 23 July 2016 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rallied his supporters outside a mosque in Ankara yesterday as the EU slammed his wide-ranging crackdown. "Victory belongs to the faithful," he told hundreds who gathered in the capital. Mr Erdogan declared July 15 - the date of the botched coup - a national holiday in remembrance of "martyrs" who were killed in the coup. EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini and EU enlargement commissioner Johannes Hahn urged Turkey "to respect under any circumstances the rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms." Unacceptable? They called the government's sackings of tens of thousands of people it alleges are linked to the coup "unacceptable." The opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) accused Mr Erdogan of imposing his ambition of a presidential system of government through the state of emergency, under which he will chair the council of ministers. "Society has been forced to choose between a coup or an undemocratic government," the HDP Central Executive Board said in a statement. "We absolutely deny these choices." Nuclear arsenal Meanwhile authorities restored power to Incirlik Air Base - where the US Air Force has an arsenal of some 50 nuclear bombs - six days after it was cut off during the coup, leaving it reliant on diesel generators. "We will retain this capability should the power be interrupted again," the US command in Europe said in a statement. The US has so far failed to extradite Mr Erdogan's former ally, preacher Fethullah Gulen, whom the government tenuously claims was behind the takeover attempt. From: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-6d1b-Turkey-Erdogan-backers-defy-clampd own-critics-in-Europe#.V5L_2_l9600 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 13847 (20160722) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/000c01d1e4ad%24df93de20%249ebb9a60%24%40com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
