Turkey detains around 6,000 over coup plot: minister

Turkey has detained over 6,000 people over the coup plot aimed at ousting the government and the number will rise, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said today.

By :  migrator
Update: 2016-07-17 11:51 GMT
Supporters of President Tayyip Erdogan celebrate after soldiers involved in the coup surrender

Istanbul

"Now the clean-up operations are continuing. We have around 6,000 people detained. The number will increase above 6,000," he was quoted as saying by the state-run Anadolu news agency.

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