Turkish Army has nothing in common with coup attempt – General Staff
Turkish Army has nothing in common with the military coup attempt, said the Acting Chief of General Staff Umit Dundar, TRT Haber news channel reported July 16.
Dundar said the army, the government and the Turkish people have been able to prevent the coup attempt together.
He also said that Turkish Armed Forces killed 104 servicemen, who intended to carry out the coup.
A coup attempt was launched in Turkey late on July 15 by a group of Turkish military servicemen.
There were reports saying that Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport was seized. Reports also indicated that 46 military men headed the attempt.
Later, Turkish officials announced that the attempt was foiled.
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