Crackdown following failed coup in Turkey raises concernsProtesters gather in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Sunday, July 17, 2016. The failed coup and the subsequent crackdown followed moves by Erdogan to reshape both the military and the judiciary. On Sunday, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said the coup had failed and life has returned to normal. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)ISTANBUL — Following a failed coup against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the government moved swiftly Sunday to shore up his power and remove those perceived as an enemy, saying it has detained 6,000 people. “Another calamity has been thwarted,” Yildirim said in Ankara after visiting state TRT television, which had been seized by soldiers supporting the coup.

Source: Manila Bulletin July 17, 2016 21:45 UTC