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The Turkish government is its efforts to those it deems responsible for the weekend's failed coup attempt. It has around 6,000 members of the judiciary and military, including top judges and senior-ranking generals. It has also nearly 8,000 police officers suspected of links to the coup attempt. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has to purge all government institutions of what he calls the "virus" that the uprising. The president is a very hard line with all those suspected of wrongdoing and has announced that Turkey would reinstating the death penalty. This would Turkey's efforts to join the European Union.

Turkey's Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag that: "There are currently around 6,000 detentions. It will 6,000. The legal process on these will ." He added that: "Suspects are being with membership of an armed terrorist organisation and of attempting to the government of the Turkish Republic using force and violence, or of to completely or partially hinder its function." At least 290 people were and thousands wounded in the coup attempt. President Erdogan the country via mobile telephone, people to "take to the streets" to defeat the coup and to democracy. Forces loyal to the president soon retook control of the country.