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www.thepeninsulaqatar.comw BUSINESSBUS | 18 SPORT | 24 Boeing eyes Championship leader rivals as Marquez storms to it turns 100 pole in Germany SUNDAY 17 JULY 2016 • 12 SHAWWAL 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6860 2 Riyals thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar 265 people Killed 1,440 wounded 2,839 military personnel had been detained 2,700 judges held Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan walks through supporters in Istanbul and (RIGHT) his supporters celebrate after soldiersinvolved in the coup surrendered on the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul yesterday. Emir denounces Turkey coup attempt Emir holds phone talks with President Erdogan and greets him on PM says situation completely under control and support of brotherly Turkish people to defeat the coup bid. coup ‘black stain’ on Turkey’s democracy. QNA & agencies the wake of the failed coup. Cavu- alleged involvement. Dozens of sol- As protesters poured onto the of seeking to overthrow him. “The government said it had suspended soglu thanked Qatar for supportive diers surrendered. streets, troops opened fire on people US — you must extradite that all flights to Turkey and banned all stances towards Turkey. “The situation is completely near one of the bridges, leaving person,” he said to cheers from the airlines from flying to the US from Qatar expressed strong denun- under control,” Prime Minister Binali dozens wounded, at protesters supporters. But Erdogan’s former Turkey. DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin ciation and condemnation of the Yildirim said outside his Ankara denouncing the coup bid at Istanbul’s ally “categorically” denied any Turkish authorities also imposed Hamad Al Thani yesterday held a military coup attempt, lawlessness offices, flanked by Turkey’s top gen- iconic Taksim Square, injuring involvement in the plot, calling the a security lockdown at the Incirlik phone call with Turkey’s President and violation of the constitutional eral who had been taken hostage by several. accusation “insulting”. air base in the southern province of Recep Tayyip Erdogan to congrat- legitimacy in Turkey on Friday. the plotters. US President Barack Obama Turkey also demanded Adana used by US and other coalition ulate him on the support of the In a statement, the Foreign Min- He described the coup as a “black stressed the “vital need” for all extradition of eight people thought forces in the fight against jihadists in brotherly Turkish people to their istry stressed Qatar’s solidarity with stain” on Turkey’s democracy. parties to “act within the rule of law”. to have been involved in the putsch Syria, the US consulate said. leadership to defeat the military coup Turkey in all legal measures the legit- General Umit Dundar, who stood German Chancellor Angela who landed in a Black Hawk military Egypt blocked a United Nations attempt. imate government takes to maintain in as Acting Chief of Staff while Merkel said the plotters had to be helicopter in Greece. Security Council resolution backed The Emir also expressed extreme the security and stability of Turkey Hulusi Akar was being held by the dealt with “under the rule of law”. Bosphorus bridge reopened to by the US condemning the attempted condemnation and denouncement of and its fraternal people. He also rebels, said 104 coup plotters had Turkey’s General Erdal Ozturk, traffic and Ataturk International coup, diplomats said. the attempt and stressed the support called for the need to preserve the been killed. Akar was rescued in an Commander of the Third Army, was Airport, shut down by the plotters, of Qatar, its leadership and people constitutional legitimacy, respect for operation that marked the end of the detained and Alparslan Altan, one gradually reopened. But the US → See also page 3 and its solidarity with Turkey in all the will of the Turkish people, reject plotters’ hopes. of 17 judges on the constitutional actions taken to protect the consti- violence, and not to take any step that During Friday night, crowds of court, taken into custody. Judicial tutional legitimacy, implement law, would undermine the country’s secu- flag-waving supporters of Erdog- authorities said 2,700 judges were OPINION maintain security and stability and rity and stability. an’s ruling Justice and Development ordered detained. protect the Turkish people’s gains. Yesterday, Turkish authorities Party (AKP) defied the coup leaders’ “Brothers, I must say that this Great people and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh wrested back control of the country, orders of a curfew and flooded the is now being cleaned up,” Erdogan a brave leader Mohamed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani after crushing the coup bid by discon- streets to block the attempt to over- triumphantly told thousands of also held phone talks with Turkish tented soldiers seeking to seize power throw the regime. supporters in his home in the counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu. from Erdogan that claimed over 265 “We should keep on owning the district of Kizikli on the Asian side Erdoğan has made The Minister reiterated Qatar’s lives and injured over 1,440 people. streets tonight no matter at what of Istanbul. history by defeating the solidarity with Turkey in all legal The authorities blamed Fethullah stage (the coup attempt is) because Erdogan pinned the blame coup attempt, protecting measures the legitimate government Gulen, the US-based cleric who is a new flare-up could take place at on “the parallel state” and takes to maintain the security and Erdogan’s arch enemy, for the plot any moment,” Erdogan warned on “Pennsylvania” — a reference to democracy and the stability of Turkey and its people in and rounded up 2,839 soldiers over Twitter yesterday. Gulen, whom he has always accused constitution and by refusing to submit to military rule. Dr. Khalid Al-Shafi Qatar Airways and Turkish Airlines resume operations from Doha to Turkey Page 03 Editor-in-Chief Page 02 QC begins Gaza school project Ooredoo launches AAE-1 submarine cable in Qatar DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC) has begun works on a project to build a school By Sachin Kumar at a cost of QR2.2m in the east of Jabalia Camp north of Gaza. The Peninsula Some 600 students (boys and girls) from Northern Province are expected to benefit. The project, financed by people in Qatar through donations, is being implemented by QC in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education of Palestine. “The new school ‘Kamal Al Uhud’ under construc- DOHA: A new high-capacity Asia- tion will help meet the growing demands of schools in Gaza,” said Dr Ziyad Africa-Europe-1 (AAE-1) subsea cable Thabit, Undersecretary at the ministry. There is a severe shortage of schools system has landed in Qatar. and teachers and at least 200 new schools are needed in Gaza, he added. “The The new global cable system will project aims to provide primary education to the students of Azba Abd Rabah connect the three continents and area east of Jabliya,” said Mohamad Abu Halub, Head, QC office in Gaza. position Qatar as crucial global hub. It will help consumers in fur- ther enhancing Internet speeds and France boosts security high-quality voice services as it will support the planned launch of 5G Ooredoo senior executives at the launch at Simaisma beach. NICE: France’s Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve boosted security meas- services in Qatar. ures across the country, calling upon thousands of reservists following the Senior Ooredoo executives gath- deployment anywhere in the world. countries.” Upon completion later this year, Bastille Day truck attack in Nice late on Thursday. The Islamic State (IS) group ered at Simaisma beach to witness Waleed Al Sayed, CEO, Oore- Ooredoo Global Services has the cable will enable high capacity said Tunisian Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, 31, who barrelled through a hol- the landing of the cable system. doo Qatar, said, “The AAE-1 cable played a key role as a consortium towards major Internet hubs and low iday crowd with a truck in the southern city was one of its “soldiers” — first Ooredoo is one of the anchor will provide people in Qatar with partner in the development of the latency access to Europe and Asia, claim of responsibility for the attack that killed 84 people at a fireworks dis- members of AAE-1 project, work- access to new, high-speed global project along with Ooredoo Qatar, delivering significant benefits for play. France began three days of national mourning in homage to the victims. ing with international partners to routing, and faster, more reliable Technology Unit, who took part in customers in Qatar. Cazeneuve would call up 12,000 police reserves in addition to over 120,000 strengthen global Internet infra- bandwidth. the project management and coor- As well as Qatar, it will land in police and soldiers deployed “because of the terrorist threat.” The IS didn’t name structure and provide new routes “As part of our vision to continu- dinated with local and foreign Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, Bouhlel, who authorities say was behind the wheel, but an IS statement said for Internet traffic. ally enhance Ooredoo Supernet, we authorities to obtain permits. Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, India, he was following its calls to target people of the countries fighting extremists. The 25,000km submarine cable are investing in major Internet infra- AAE-1 is a consortium subma- Pakistan, Oman, the UAE, Yemen, is the third longest and one of the structure that will enable Qatar to rine cable system linking the major Djibouti, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Greece, → See also page 12 highest capacity systems under become one of the best-connected internet hubs of the three continents. Italy and France. 02 SUNDAY 17 JULY 2016 HOME OPINION RAF provides Eid gifts to orphans in Sudan Dr.