Erdogan has accused Amnesty International in the preparation of the coup
ANKARA, 8 Jan — RIA Novosti. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused the international human rights organization Amnesty International in preparing a new attempted coup in the country, citing intelligence data.
Earlier, Amnesty International demanded the release of Director for Turkey, Idil Eser and other activists detained last Thursday on the princes ‘ Islands in Istanbul.
At a press conference at the end of the G20 summit in Hamburg, one of the journalists reminded Erdogan that Amnesty International defended him, when in 1997 the then Turkish authorities arrested him for four months and called to defend arrested activists of the human rights organization.
“I was imprisoned because I read the poem. Why they were detained — not arrested, and while detained? According to the survey, they gathered at a hotel in Buyukada island to discuss a continuation of the coup attempt. Therefore, our police and detained. Now their case will be considered by the court, I don’t know what will become clear in the result of the investigation,” Erdogan said.
The broadcast was led by the TV channel NTV.