Almost 200 died and 1,440 got injured in the military coup attempt in Turkey, let alone the killed among the plotters, the country’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said in an interview with the Haberturk television channel on Saturday (July 16).
A group of insurgents staged a military attempt coup in Turkey on the night from Friday to Saturday. Bombs were dropped on the parliament building and the presidential palace in Ankara.
More than 2,800 military were detained after the military coup attempt in Turkey, the country’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said in an interview with the Haberturk television channel on Saturday.
“The total of arrested is 2,839,” he said. “Among them are high-ranking military, officers.”
According to Yildirim, Turkey’s Constitution Council to consider introduction of death sentence after coup attempt.
A country, sheltering oppositionist Gulen, is not a friend of Turkey, the country’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Saturday.
“Gulen is a leader of a terrorist organization,” he said. “I am not looking now at the country, which shelters him. If this country hides a terrorist, this country is not a friend of Turkey and it leads a hidden war against Turkey. The coup attempt’s organizer must be punished.”.
Source: TASS
