Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Saturday said 161
people were killed, while 2,839 soldiers have been detained as a result of the
attempt to overthrow the civilian government in the country.
The coup did not succeed mainly because of the overwhelming
support which the government of President Tayyip Erdogan received from the
people.
Speaking from an undisclosed location, Erdogan charged the
people to take to the streets in solidarity with his government.
The rebel soldiers were forced to abandon their tanks in the
main city of Istanbul.
Speaking outside his Cankaya palace in Ankara, the country’s
palace, Yildirim revealed that 1,440 people sustained injuries in the putsch.
Yildirim blamed the coup attempt on the supporters of
Fethullah Gulen, a Turkish cleric based in the US.
Erdogan has vowed that those behind the act will “pay
heavily”. He took full control of the government early Saturday.
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