La seule condition est que les candidats au retour d'exil ne soient pas concernes par les mandats d'arret internationaux pour leur role presume actif dans le mouvement insurrectionnel des A presidentiel de 2015 et la tentative de
putsch militaire manque qui a suivi.
Turkey's Western allies have criticised the crackdown, with Erdogan's critics accusing him of using the
putsch as a pretext to quash dissent.
Gulen has denounced the "despicable
putsch" and reiterated that he had no role in it, stressing that "accusations against me related to the coup attempt are baseless and politically-motivated slanders".
Critics of Erdogan accuse him of using the failed
putsch as a pretext to quash dissent.
The state of emergency, declared after the failed 2016
putsch, expired on July 18 but President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's opponents say the new executive presidency and the latest security measures give him sweeping powers to stifle dissent.
The government had placed the restrictions on 181,500 family members of convicted followers of Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen to prevent them from leaving the country as part of a crackdown following the failed
putsch. Ankara brands Gulen's global movement as a terrorist organization, an accusation one-time Erdogan ally Gulen denies."Now that the investigations and court cases have reached a certain point, passport restrictions on 181,500 people will be lifted in a few days'time,"Erdogan told his party members in parliament in Ankara.
1923: The Munich Beer Hall
Putsch marked the start of Hitler's rise to power in Germany.
A Istanbul, des dizaines de milliers de personnes, affluaient, brandissant des drapeaux turcs, vers l'un des ponts enjambant le Bosphore ou s'est deroule l'un des episodes les plus sanglants du
putsch manque.
The Trial of Adolf Hitler: The Beer Hall
Putsch and the Rise of Nazi Germany
Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said the suspects had been placed under arrest since the attempted
putsch that fell apart within hours, quoted by NTV broadcaster.
The Sussex-born seafarer was the last British survivor of the International Brigades, those brave volunteers who fought Nazi-backed fascist General Franco's
putsch in the 1936-39 Spanish Civil War.
Now, destroying any evidence of association with the AK Party's foes -- especially Fethullah Gulen, the reclusive Pennsylvania-based imam whom the government accuses of masterminding the
putsch -- is a matter of self-preservation.
