Putting them under the president's overall direction would be in line with his push for a new constitution centered on...

 

  Erdogan vowed to bring to justice supporters of the Gulenist "terrorist" movement

  Around a third of Turkey's roughly 360 serving generals have been detained since the coup attempt, with 99 charged pending...

  Erdogan suggested that the emergency was aimed at eradicating supporters of Gulen in Turkey.  

 

  About 9,300 people have been detained, including 118 generals and admirals accused of treason 

  European politicians warned Erdogan the coup attempt did not give him a blank cheque to disregard the rule of law

  "I'm very concerned. It is exactly what we feared."

  Prime Minister Binali Yildirim had also been directly targeted in Istanbul during the coup bid and had narrowly escaped

 

  The shock of the weekend’s events may drive President Tayyip Erdogan into a defensive and damaging crouch. 

  A prolonged closure of Incirlik's airspace could force the United States to divert aircraft based in the Persian Gulf...

  Gulen said democracy cannot be achieved through military action.