Hospitals,
football referees caught up in
Turkish coup *****down
The response to the failed
coup in Turkey two and a half weeks ago has been swift, ruthless and wide-ranging.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was
forced to address reporters via FaceTime as his country underwent a night of chaos on July 15, ordered mass arrests and detentions in the following hours and days.
Over 15,000 have been
detained, 10,000 of which were military personnel, and more than 8,000 have been arrested since that night. Beyond that, though, journalists, doctors and airline employees have been affected in a sweeping
*****down that's been criticized by human rights groups.
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