Turkish PM announces presidential guard regiment disbanded
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said that the presidential guard regiment will be disbanded, Anadolu reported.
"There will not be any presidential guard as we do not need it any more," the agency said citing the prime minister as saying.
At least 246 people, excluding members of the security forces and civilians, were martyred and more than 2,100 others were wounded as they protested the coup attempt.
Turkey's government has said the attempted coup was organized by followers of Fetullah Gulen, who is accused of a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through infiltrating Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police and judiciary, forming the so-called ‘parallel state’.
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