6,000 rounded up in Turkish crackdown after attempted coup

Turkey widened a crackdown on suspected supporters of a failed military coup yesterday, taking the number of people rounded up in the armed forces and judiciary to 6,000, and the government said it was in full control of the country and economy.

Supporters of President Tayyip Erdogan gathered in front of his Istanbul home to call for the plotters to face the death penalty, which Turkey outlawed in 2004 as part of its efforts to join the European Union.

Erdogan told them that parliament may consider a proposal to bring back the death penalty.