ANKARA - Defying international alarm, Turkey on Tuesday widened its crackdown after a failed coup, detaining top generals serving in Afghanistan as well as prominent journalists. Two senior Turkish generals serving in the NATO force in Afghanistan were detained at Dubai airport on suspicion of links to the attempt to overthrow Erdogan, an official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The source named the pair as Major General Mehmet Cahit Bakir, the commander of Turkey's task force in Afghanistan, and Brigadier General Sener Topuc. "The Turkish contingent continues its mission," a spokesman for the NATO force in Afghanistan said, without further comment. In a separate development, police were searching a naval academy just outside Istanbul in a probe into coup plotters, reports said.

Source: Bangkok Post July 26, 2016 16:18 UTC