At least 265 people were killed and 3,000 arrested in the attempted coup in Turkey on Friday night. Thousands of judges shall be deposited.
LATEST: Soldiers who participated in the failed coup attempt in Turkey to have been abused and lynched by government supporters, according to unconfirmed reports. The NTB in 01 am on Sunday.
In a video that apparently was taken on one of the bridges over the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, one can see a soldier lying on the ground covered in blood. Several people walked on the lifeless body in the video, posted on Twitter.
– We have killed four now we kill the fifth. Dog !, says the person who is behind the camera in Turkish.
Another video shows a group of protesters surrounding a tank. One of them climbs up on top and kicking a soldier down in the hatch. Elsewhere, a crowd of demonstrators have slit the throat of a soldier, according to the Turkish newspaper Sozcu, which has close ties to the military.
Charges against the preacher
The death toll after the attempted coup in Turkey risen since the early hours of Saturday. The number dead has reached at least 265, NTB, and several have been killed in clashes between coup makers and protesters who had taken to the streets to show their support for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Around 1,100 people being injured by putsch
Saturday night require Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that the United States extradite preacher Fethullah Gülen, who is accused of being behind the coup attempt.
Gülen lives in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania, and US Secretary of State John Kerry says the extradition request will be considered.
Dismissing allegations
The Guardian responds Gülen on the allegations as follows:
– I do not think the international community will find the allegations to President Erdogan credible. There is a possibility that the whole coup can be directed and intended to bring more accusations against political opponents, says Gülen.
In a televised speech Saturday night says Erdogan that Turkey has never rejected such request of the United States when it comes to so-called “terrorists”. He also pointed out that Turkey plays an important role alongside the United States in the fight against terrorism.
United States should have proposed a draft UN Security Council urged “all parties in Turkey to respect the democratically elected government in Turkey “. But Egypt, which currently sits in the Security Council, stood opposed, according to several diplomats told AFP talked to. The allegations are rejected by an Egyptian diplomat.
Total 3000 arrested
A total of close to 3,000 officers and soldiers in Turkey’s armed forces arrested after putsch night to Saturday, and early Saturday morning surrendered almost 200 soldiers in the military headquarters. Five generals and 29 colonels are deposited. The arrests are carried out across the country, according to the state news agency.
Saturday afternoon comes several reports that 2,800 judges have been deposited. The commander of Turkey’s army should also be arrested, accused of having been involved in the attempted coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, reported AFP.
– General Erdal Öztürk, commander of the third army, have been arrested, says an unnamed Turkish official told AFP Saturday night.
at the same time ask German Chancellor Angela Merkel that “those responsible for the tragic events of last night must be treated in accordance with the rule of law.”
– It is tragic that so many people paid with their lives for this coup. Bloodshed in Turkey must take an end now, says Merkel.
Folding Hunting of coup makers
Turkish authorities hunts now fleeing coup organizers. They have sent orders to all border posts and airports to stop them.
A Turkish military helicopter has Saturday morning landed in northern Greece, and eight people on board have sought asylum.
seven of them were on board, had military uniform, and Greek police think all eight were involved in the attempted coup against Erdogan government. All were arrested for illegally taking into Greece.
After hours of chaos, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sat back to Istanbul and took control. He got to the airport on Friday night having flown from the resort on the Mediterranean coast south of the country.
– The situation is under control, said Yildirim outside his office, with the justice minister, interior minister and army chief at his side Saturday morning .
at the same press conference, the Prime Minister said that they will consider reinstating the death penalty, and that several of the coup makers risk such penalties if it succeeds to change the law on that point.
– I would to say thanks to all those who fought heroically against the coup makers. The martyrs who died last night, will never be forgotten, he said according to CNN Turk.
Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has called for urgent meeting in the Turkish parliament on Saturday afternoon. Yildirim urges all parties participate in the meeting after the night’s coup in the country.
All parties in Turkey condemns the attempted coup and also the management of the country’s armed forces supports the legally elected government of Erdogan.
explosions in Ankara
Both Yildirim and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has assured that the coup is repulsed and that those who have participated “will pay a high price for his betrayal.” The situation remains chaotic in both the capital Ankara and the country’s largest city Istanbul, where coup attempt appears to have been concentrated.
– Military Bargain does not belong in Europe or in the 21st century. It solves no problems but creates new ones, says Brende NTB Saturday morning.
In the morning hours of Saturday, the situation remains chaotic in Turkey.
– It is still very tense, but during a couple of three days I hope and believe it’s been quieter. But it depends on how the government handles the situation, says Brende.
Brende on the way home
Brende says Norway will work closely with the Turkish authorities in the future and support the legally elected government.
– It is important that we now come not see a more polarized Turkey, and I hope President Erdogan uses the opportunity to ally with all those who denounced the putsch. The opposition, independent media and civil society, says Brende, who is on his way home from a summit in Mongolia.
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