Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Purges in Turkey following the 2016 Turkish coup attempt" in English language version.
arresting at least 45 mayors of Kurdish towns beginning in late October
It was revulsion at these massacres that prompted calls for Turkey to reintroduce the death penalty to deal with the guilty soldiers, and gave Erdogan popular support for the sweeping arrest of thousands accused of sympathizing with the coup plotters.