Azernews.Az

Monday, November 2, 2026

Kremlin says imposing state of emergency is Turkey’s internal affair

21 July 2016 15:22 (UTC+04:00)
Kremlin says imposing state of emergency is Turkey’s internal affair

Imposition of the state of emergency in Turkey after the attempted military coup is that country’s internal affair, RIA Novosti quoted Russian president’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on July 21.

Previously, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced a three-month state of emergency in his country.

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.

More than 200 people have been killed as a result of the coup attempt.

---

Follow us on Twitter @AzerNewsAz

Here we are to serve you with news right now. It does not cost much, but worth your attention.

Choose to support open, independent, quality journalism and subscribe on a monthly basis.

By subscribing to our online newspaper, you can have full digital access to all news, analysis, and much more.

Subscribe

You can also follow AzerNEWS on Twitter @AzerNewsAz or Facebook @AzerNewsNewspaper

Thank you!

Loading...
Latest See more