Turkey coup: Authorities arrest new mom over alleged involvement

A woman in Turkey who just gave birth was arrested at the hospital and thrown behind bars three days later, along with her newborn baby, as part of the country’s widespread flush out of “Gulenists,” a report says.
Aysun Aydemir could barely walk as authorities took her away from Ekomar Hospital in the Ereğli district of Zonguldak on Monday for being an alleged supporter of Fethullah Gulen, a US-based Islamic cleric who is accused of being behind a failed coup attempt last summer.

At least 240 people were killed during the attempted takeover.

A photo posted on Twitter by Sezgin Tanrıkulu, Istanbul deputy of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), shows the new mom in a hospital bed, holding her child in her arms before she was detained.

Officers had been patiently waiting at the door of the delivery room while doctors performed an elective C-section on the English teacher and successfully delivered the baby, according to a local human rights organization.

They reportedly arrested Aydemir three days later and placed her in pretrial detention, along with the infant.

The attempted coup on July 15, 2016 was ultimately aimed at President Tayyip Erdogan.

Since then, the government has been arresting countless of people.