Amnesty slams 'dragnet' of arrests in Turkey since failed coup Amnesty decries a "dragnet" of detentions that have swept the country since the failed attempt to oust President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from power one year ago, in an interview with AFPTV. On July 5, Idil Eser, director of Amnesty International Turkey, was detained along with seven other activists and two foreign trainers during a digital security and information management workshop on an island close to Istanbul. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES