Turkish authorities have wrested back control of the country, after crushing a military coup by a section of soldiers seeking to seize power from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said that the situation is completely under control.
He informed that a total of 265 people were killed in the coup yesterday.He told a news conference that 1,440 people had also been injured and 2,839 military personnel had been detained. Authorities also ordered arrest of thousands of judges.
The Army’s acting Chief of Staff, Umit Dundar, told a news conference that 104 so-called coup plotters have been killed.
Hakan Fidan, head of the country’s National Intelligence Organization said that systemic operations are complete against the attempted coup but mopping up measures could still take time.
After facing down the bloodiest challenge to his 13-year rule, Mr Erdogan triumphantly addressed thousands of supporters in his home Istanbul district.
Meanwhile, an exiled Muslim cleric whom Turkey’s president has accused of orchestrating a failed coup attempt denied any responsibility.
Fethullah Gulen told reporters at his Pennsylvania compound n United States that he knows only a “minute fraction” of his legions of sympathizers in Turkey, so he cannot speak to their “potential involvement” in the attempted coup.