Turkey presses crackdown against coup suspects despite concern

Turkish security forces launched fresh raids Monday in a relentless crackdown against the suspected plotters of a coup that left over 290 dead, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan mooted reintroducing the death penalty to punish them. The justice minister has said around 6,000 people have been detained so far in the investigation into Friday's coup which Erdogan has blamed on his arch-enemy, US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen. Early Monday, special Istanbul anti-terror police units raided the prest