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Date of Kerry’s visit to Turkey announced

5 August 2016 11:13 (UTC+04:00)
Date of Kerry’s visit to Turkey announced

By Trend

The US Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Turkey Aug.21, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told TRT Haber news channel.

Earlier, CNN Turk reported that Kerry will pay a visit to Turkey in late August. The US State Department spokesman Mark Toner said that he can’t confirm the information about the visit.

This will be Kerry’s first visit to Turkey after the military coup attempt.

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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