36 of 37 servicemen who planned assassinating Erdogan detained

  01 August 2016    Read: 1305
36 of 37 servicemen who planned assassinating Erdogan detained
Thirty-six of 37 servicemen who were planning to assassinate Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have been detained, the TRT Haber news channel quoted the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus as saying Aug.1.
The search for one remaining serviceman is underway, Kurtulmus said.

The situation is gradually normalizing after the military coup attempt in Turkey, he said.

The investigation and the testimony of the arrested generals involved in the coup attempt in Turkey has revealed that Ali Yazici, adviser to Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, stands behind the assassination attempt on the president.

On July 15 evening, Turkish authorities said a military coup attempt took place in the country. Meanwhile, a group of servicemen announced about transition of power to them.

However, the rebelling servicemen started to surrender July 16 and Turkish authorities said the coup attempt failed. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the death toll as a result of the military coup attempt stood at 246 people excluding the coup plotters and over 2,000 people were wounded.

Erdogan declared a three-month state of emergency in Turkey on July 20.

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