Solidifying control and not letting anyone escape.
Via Daily Mail:
Turkish President Recep Erdogan has cancelled 50,000 passports as his post-coup crackdown continues amid criticism from western states.
Some 60,000 people have been arrested, removed from their jobs or suspended in the two weeks following the botched putsch.
Dismissing the criticism, Erdogan has warned Western leaders to mind their own business as he strengthens his grip on the nation. He even intimated that the United States could have been supporting the plot.
Speaking last night to hundreds of supporters in the presidential palace in Ankara, he said: ‘The attitude of many countries and their officials over the coup attempt in Turkey is shameful in the name of democracy.
‘Any country and any leader who does not worry about the life of Turkish people and our democracy as much as they worry about the fate of coupists are not our friends.’
Erdogan claims he was almost killed on the night when 237 people died and a further 2,100 were injured during the failed military coup.
However, Erdogan’s response to the attempt has been criticised as the Turkish leader has been accused of attempting to consolidate his control on the nation by ousting people loyal to US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen.