Decree further curtails rights in Turkey: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s first decree since the 15 July failed coup attempt and newly imposed state of emergency included the closing of “1,043 private schools, 1,229 charities and foundations, 19 trade unions, 15 universities and 35 medical institutions over suspected links to the Gulen movement,” German media outlet DW reported on Saturday, citing Turkish state news agency Anadolu. Turkey also issued arrest warrants for 300 members of the presidential guard on Friday, AFP reported, with at least 283 already detained.

Erdogan — Turkey submitted evidence to the US for Gulen’s extradition: Erdogan claims his government has now submitted evidence to the United States to support Turkey’s demand for the extradition of Pennsylvania-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Erdogan and the pro-government Turkish media accuse of masterminding the failed coup attempt, AKP mouthpiece Sabah reported on Friday. Turkey is now awaiting a response from the United States, where US state news agency Voice of America suggests it doesn’t seem Turkey has handed over a provisional arrest or detention warrant as required by the US-Turkey extradition treaty (pdf). “Even if the US agrees there is enough evidence to extradite Gulen, the extradition process could take months, if not years,” the VOA added.

The United States is already widely perceived within Turkey as having been complicit in the failed coup, with pro-government Sabah running a poll on Twitter — not even asking on whether the United States played any role in the coup, but rather, “Which institution of the US provided largest support to Gulenist terror group?” The poll closed yesterday, and with a total of 3,123 votes, the CIA won the poll with 69%, trailed by The White House in second place at 20%.

Turkish state media is also incensed by what it says is the hostile treatment of Erdogan’s government during the coup attempt in the Western, and especially US, media. Anadolu singled out a broadcast from Fox News (4:55) in particular for criticism. On 15 July when the attempt was still unfolding, frequent Fox News commentator Lt. Col. Ralph Peters said “This coup is Turkey’s last chance to avoid becoming an authoritarian Islamic regime if not outright an Islamic dictatorship. We should make no mistake: The people staging this coup are the good guys. It sounds paradoxical, but they are the ones that are on the side of constitutional democracy.”

**For further reading: ‘They’re taking everyone,’ by Politico’s Zia Weise. “‘I was representing a judge yesterday. A judge in handcuffs,’ she whispers, moving me away from the policemen guarding the corridor. ‘And everything is secret. We’re not even allowed to see most of the files.’”