A sense of higher measures

The introduction of the death penalty in Turkey will make the country's membership in the European Union impossible. This was stated by the head of European diplomacy Federica Mogherini, BBC reports .

“Not a single country can become a member of the EU if it introduces the death penalty,” Mogherini told in response to a request to comment on assumptions that Turkey, who claims to join the European Union, can subject the death penalty of the failed coup. The head of European diplomacy emphasized that Türkiye is an important part of the Council of Europe and is obliged to fulfill the European Convention on the Protection of Human Rights, "which is very understandable in terms of relations to the death penalty."

A similar statement was made by the official representative of the German Government Steffen Zayberg. According to him, the introduction of the death penalty in Turkey will suspend negotiations on its membership in the EU. "Germany and member countries of the European Union have a clear position on this score: we categorically reject the death penalty," Zuberg said.

Türkiye abandoned the death penalty in 2004, as the EU countries demanded this. However, against the backdrop of a recent rebellion, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan did not exclude the return of higher punishment.

In total , about 6 thousand people were detained on suspicion of involvement in the putty. Half of them are military, and the rest are judges and prosecutors. A number of detainees, including senior officers, have already been arrested.

At the same time, the Minister of Justice of Turkey, Bekir Bozdates, warned that new detentions were expected.

On Monday, the Commissioner for the expansion of the European Union Johannes Khan expressed a concern that the lists of Turkish military and law enforcement officers to be detained in the case of an attempt by the coup, the country's authorities prepared before the coup . To such an idea, Khan explained, leads to the fact that the detentions of thousands of people were produced as soon as possible.

“It looks at least like something pre -prepared,” the European Commissioner said. “The lists have already been published, and this indicates that they have been prepared ahead of time to put into business at the right time.”

On Saturday, Cumhuriyet reported with reference to a source in intelligence that the attempt of the coupwas made after leakage from the special services about the prepaid new stripping of the army and mass arrests of senior officers and officials suspected of ties with the preacher Fethullah Gulen who live in exile in the US emigration. It was claimed that the operation against the alleged supporters of Gulen was supposed to begin at 4 a.m. on July 16. Thus, according to this publication, the rebellion was only an attempt by the military to prevent cleaning.