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Turkey on July 26 widened its crackdown after a failed coup by detaining the top Turkish military generals that are serving as part of NATO forces in Afghanistan.PM Yildirim has announced the government and oppositions agreement on a new constitution:
Turkish media reports said Major General Mehmet Cahit Bakir and Brigadier General Sener Topuc were detained by authorities at Dubai International Airport in the United Arab Emirates on suspicion of having links to the July 15 attempted coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Bakir is the commander of Turkey's task force in Afghanistan.
Topuc is the chief of the Appointment Department for Turkish Land Forces.
Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency said their detentions were the result of cooperation between Turkish intelligence and U.A.E. authorities.
"We [leaders of three parties] have agreed to make minor changes to the current constitution, and the process to draft a whole new constitution has started," Yildirim said Monday, as quoted by Daily Sabah newspaper, speaking after the meeting of Council of Ministers.
Politics is entertainment."We've got to face it. Politics have entered a new stage, the television stage. Instead of long-winded public debates, the people want capsule slogans—'Time for a change'—'The mess in Washington'—'More bang for a buck'—punch lines and glamour."— A Face in the Crowd (1957)
If there's anything we can do, it is to at least be aware of the situation and to realize that Western governments are causing, supporting and encouraging the mass murder of thousands upon thousands of innocent civilians. It's especially incumbent on us to recognize their hypocrisy and lies when they say they want to 'protect' us from chaos and anarchy while delivering precisely that. Other ways we can contribute is by sharing information on what happens in Yemen on social media, and to boycott products made in Saudi Arabia. We shouldn't look away like most in the 'free world' do when such war crimes occur, whether it's close to home or in a land far away.
Comment: Global Research provides some background on Campbell, and the Turkish allegations against him: