Turkey creates ‘Traitors’ Cemetery’ for coup plotters

ISTANBUL: Tucked in the back corner of a construction site in eastern Istanbul lies a freshly dug, unmarked grave — the first in the new “Traitors’ Cemetery,” created specifically to hold the bodies of coup plotters who died in the July 15 abortive putsch. In the week following the attempted coup, the municipality announced it intended to set up a cemetery specifically for those involved. About 24 coup plotters are believed to have been killed that night. “May every passer-by curse them and let them not rest in their tombs,” Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbas said.