Turkey Seizes Over 2,250 Institutions In Post-coup Crackdown

(ISTANBUL) — In a new tactic against suspected coup plotters, Turkey on Saturday announced it had seized more than 2,250 social, educational or health care institutions and facilities that it claims pose a threat to national security. The health ministry said patients at hospitals that are being seized will be transferred to state hospitals, highlighting the sweeping impact of the government’s crackdown after a failed July 15 coup attempt. A top Turkish official also accused some European countries of downplaying the grave danger posed by the failed insurrection, an apparent response to Western concerns about possible human rights violations in the government’s crackdown. “Some European colleagues think this is a Pokemon game, this coup attempt,” said Omer Celik Turkey’s minister for EU affairs.

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