18-07-2016 00:08 via news.yahoo.com

Arrests hit 6,000 as Turkey cracks down on army and judges after coup bid

By Ayla Jean Yackley and Dasha Afanasieva ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey widened a crackdown on suspected supporters of a failed military coup on Sunday, taking the number of people rounded up in the armed forces and judiciary to 6,000, and the government said it was in control of the country and economy. 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 co
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