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In Turkey, at least 45 thousand people were detained, dismissed or removed from work after an unsuccessful attempt by a military coup, BBC reports . Among them, in addition to the military and police officers, were teachers, deanes of universities and journalists, whom the Turkish authorities consider insufficiently loyal President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

In total, about 15 thousand teachers and teachers, one and a half thousand deances of university faculties, almost 9 thousand employees of the Ministry of the Interior, and a half thousand employees of the Ministry of Finance and about 250 employees of the Prime Minister’s office were dismissed.

About 6 thousand troops were also detained, 9 thousand police officers were dismissed. More than 2,700 judges and prosecutors were dismissed, 755 of them were arrested. Among the detainees are two judges of the Constitutional Court. The authorities claim that they supported the preacher Fethullah Gulen, who in Ankara is considered a possible organizer of the rebellion.

Gulen himself, who lives in the USA, categorically denies his involvement in these events. Nevertheless, the Turkish authorities demand his extradition to his homeland and call him the leader of the "terrorist organization."

“I urge the US government to reject any attempts to abuse the extradition process to implement political places,” Gullen’s statement said on Tuesday. “Today, Turkish President Recep Erdogan once again demonstrated that he will go to everything to strengthen his power and persecute his opponents.”

Earlier, the official representative of the White House Josh Ernest said that US leaders and Turkey Barack Obama and Recep Erdogan discussed the status of an Islamic preacher. According to Ernest, the US Department of Justice and the State Department consider these materials in accordance with the extradition agreement operating between the United States and Turkey for more than 30 years.

The Side of the UN Human Rights, Zeid Raad Al-Hussein, and the UN Independent Experts, the UN High Commissioner, expressed anxiety in connection with mass arrests in Turkey and intentions to introduce the death penalty, the UN News Center said . They called the authorities in their response actions after the coup attempt to rely on the principles of observing human rights and the rule of law.

As Al-Hussein emphasized, against the background of mass detentions, it is especially important to observe the principles of the presumption of innocence, procedural guarantees, guarantees of a fair trial and provide independent observers with access to the places of detention. “After such dramatic events, it is especially important not to sacrifice the rights of human considerations and the desire to immediately punish those who could have been guilty of these events,” the Supreme Commissioner said.

After the unsuccessful attempt of the coup in Turkey, numerous demonstrations were held for the introduction of the death penalty. On Monday, the head of European diplomacy Federica Mogherini said that the return of this punishment will make the country's membership in the European Union impossible .

“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."