Turkey presses post-coup purge as West voices concern

Turkey launched fresh raids and sacked almost 9,000 officials Monday in a relentless crackdown against suspected coup plotters that has alarmed the West and sparked fears Ankara could reinstate the death penalty. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to wipe out the "virus" of the putschists after facing down Friday's dramatic coup bid that left more than 300 people dead. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman denounced "revolting scenes of caprice and revenge against soldiers on the str