Massive arrests in Turkey, where more than 1,000 alleged supporters of Fedullah Gullen were arrested today, indicate that "the whole country is being arrested," said the self-appointed Turkish journalist Jan Dudar at the French Agency in Brussels.
About 1,220 people suspected of belonging to Guilen's network, the former preacher accused by the Turkish government of orchestrating the attempted attempted coup d'état last July, were arrested this morning across the country, according to the East news agency.
The Turkish president uses the July coup attempt "as an excuse and opportunity to strengthen his power. That is why the entire country is being arrested, not just its opponents, "says Dudar.
More than 3,200 people were arrested and 8,500 police officers were deployed to arrest them 10 days after President Erdogan's victory in a referendum that strengthens his powers, wrote the East.
After the failed coup, 46,000 more people, most of them police officers, judges and teachers, have been jailed in Turkey and more than 100,000 have been fired or put off.
Former editor-in-chief of the Turkish opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet appeals to the EU leader not to "sacrifice" their ideals in their relations with the Turkish president, regretting the "mediocre" negotiations that have taken place between the EU and Ankara, Which led in March 2016 to the agreement on the limitation of migratory and refugee flows.
