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Turkey rejects EU Commissioner's claim that it prepared arrest lists before coup Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has strongly rejected claims that Turkey's government had prepared arrest lists before Friday's failed coup attempt,   Anadolu agency reported on Monday. Speaking in Brussels on Monday,   European Union 's Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn was quoted as saying: "It looks at least as if something has been prepared. The lists are available, which indicates it was prepared and to be used at a certain stage." He was speaking after the failed coup attempt in   Turkey   on July 15 which claimed more than 200 lives and injured thousands. More than 6,000 suspects have been arrested in connection with the plot, including military figures and judges. Cavusoglu later tweeted that Hahn "is far from thoroughly comprehending what is going on in Turkey". He added that Tur...

Clashes between forces, putschists at Turkish air base Turkish security forces and putschists briefly clashed at an air base in the central city of   Konya today, a Turkish official said. "We are able to confirm that there are clashes at the air base in Konya between the security forces and putschists resisting arrest," the source told AFP on condition of anonymity. The state-run news agency Anadolu later reported the fighting had come to an end and said six military personnel were arrested. Seventy generals and admirals were taken into custody across the country, the agency added, as the authorities cracked down on suspected backers of Friday's failed military coup. The   Turkish   Air Base official also confirmed an incident at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport, where police fired warning shots at putschists who were resisting arrest. They eventually surrendered. Earlier today, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said around 6,000 people had been detained i...