Germany: Turkey coup crackdown flouts rule of law

‘“Nearly every day we are seeing new measures that flout the rule of law and that disregard the principle of proportionality,” German government spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said Wednesday.
Seibert added that the harsh measures against the suspected coup plotters in Turkey were “deeply worrying.”
Turkey began to go after those believed to have played a role in the failed coup after the one-day attempt was declared over on July 16. Official estimates show that over 50,000 people, including senior government and judiciary officials and members of the army, have been sacked or dismissed from their jobs.’
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