Turkey after its failed coup: The most recently updated death toll of Friday’s failed coup as of dispatch was 294 people. At least 104 conspirators were killed in the unrest, according to Turkish government officials. In what Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on Friday “a gift from God,” he has taken the failed coup as an opportunity to arrest a further 182 military personnel, including “more than 50 senior army officers.” Among those arrested was Maj. Gen. Ozhan Ozbakir, commander of the Denizli garrison and the 11th Commando Brigade, according to unnamed sources speaking to state news agency Anadolu. Earlier in the day, Erdogan’s top military aide, Col. Ali Yazici, was also put under arrest. Maj. Gen. Mehmet Disli, brother of AKP deputy Chairman Saban Disli, has been charged with organizing the coup in Turkey, Hurriyet reported. It is unclear if Erdogan will continue to assign equal blame to the alleged coup plotter as is directed toward others. The state news outlet Anadolu has also taken to referring to the putschists in its articles as “FETO/PDY terrorists,” a reference to US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen and his followers, whom Turkey designated as a terrorist organization this past May. During rallies on Sunday, Erdogan responded to chants of “We want the death penalty,” by saying “you cannot push the wish of the people to one side.”

Erdogan appears to have a much firmer handle on the need to arrest enemies in such situations than those trying to overthrow him, as Harvard professor Dani Rodrik writes in ‘Turkey’s Baffling Coup’: “No less baffling was the almost amateurish behavior of the putschists, who managed to capture the chief of the general staff but apparently made no meaningful attempt to detain Erdogan or any senior politicians. Major television channels were allowed to continue to operate for hours, and when soldiers showed up in the studios, their incompetence was almost comical.” This is despite reports that two rebel F-16 pilots had harassed Erdogan’s plane while it was en route to Istanbul and had the plane in their sights, according to an unnamed former military officer speaking to Reuters. “Why they didn’t fire is a mystery,” he said.

Closed air base reopens, commander arrested: Turkey reopened use of its Incirlik air base for use by the United States to launch airstrikes against ISIS targets, US Defense Department officials said on Sunday. Base commander Gen. Bekir Ercan Van and 11 other personnel from the base were arrested (paywall). The general had reportedly approached the United States for asylum but was rejected, according to unnamed sources speaking to the New York Times. Turkey is pressuring Greece to hand over eight of its military personnel who fled by helicopter and who profess they were not part of the coup plot but fear retribution if they return. Greece has said it would return the helicopter immediately but would examine the requests for asylum.

Turkey responds to Egypt’s moves at the United Nations Security Council: “It is natural for those who have come to power through coup to refrain from taking a stance against the coup attempt aimed at our president and government, who came to office through democratic elections,” said Turkish foreign ministry spokesperson Tanju Bilgic said on Sunday, Anadolu reported.