Turkey removes more than 2,700 judges following coup attempt
Source: Reuters
Turkish authorities on Saturday removed 2,745 judges from duty following an attempted coup by a military faction overnight, broadcaster NTV reported, citing a decision by the High Council of Judges and Prosectors (HSYK).
Five members of HSYK, Turkey's highest judiciary board, were also removed, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
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iandhr
(6,852 posts)Round up the usual suspects
6chars
(3,967 posts)The judges he is sacking were not part of the coup, but now is a good time to get rid of all opposition to the Democratically Elected Leader.
He's removing "a parallel structure" in the judiciary, military and Turkish society in general.
In plain language, he is now conducting a purge of all his political opponents.
Helen Borg
(3,963 posts)Sigh... Love that city...
dembotoz
(16,864 posts)cstanleytech
(26,347 posts)the coup or unless Erdoğan is using it purely to solidify his power and I doubt that many judges supported the coup.
uawchild
(2,208 posts)But they didn't support Erdogan ENOUGH in legal issues, hence the purge.
JCMach1
(27,585 posts)It was a false flag coup orchestrated by Erdogan.
Convenient no? He had a list of thousands of enemies ready to go at a moment's notice.
AntiBank
(1,339 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)bemildred
(90,061 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...anyone want to bet that those judges' names have been on a list for a long time, just waiting for the appropriate time to remove them...?
uawchild
(2,208 posts)6chars
(3,967 posts)only the overall effectiveness of Hitler's government. But he did not mention that particular incident.
Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)Good God.
Democat
(11,617 posts)Threads here are full of support of a leader having people murdered in the streets.
Jnclr89
(128 posts)sounds fishy to me. False flag?