Turkey admits Monday there may have been some “unfair” treatment in its post-coup crackdown as it voices anger at Germany for barring President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from addressing a rally in Cologne.
Retaliating after a failed military attempt to unseat him, Erdogan has launched a purge that has seen tens of thousands people suspended from their jobs and almost 19,000 detained.
Apparently responding to widening international alarm about the crackdown, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim admits there may have been some unfair treatment in the state sector.
“There must definitely be some among them who were subjected to unfair procedures,” he says in comments published by state-run Anadolu news agency.
“We will make a distinction between those who are guilty and those who are not.”
Echoing his tone, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus says: “If there are any mistakes, we will correct them.”
— AFP
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