There are suggestions that Turkish president is out to imprison and possibly execute thousands of political enemies in the wake of the failed coup attempt over the weekend. As many as 6,000 members of the army and judiciary are under arrest. President Tayyip Erdogan and the government accused the U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, a former ally whom Erdogan accuses of trying to create a “parallel structure” within the courts, police, armed forces and media, of orchestrating the coup. Erdogan said he could ignore demands for a return to the death penalty in Turkey coming from crowds of his supporters.
