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Sunday, July 17, 2016
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Sunday, July 17, 2016
Turkish PM asks crowds to stay in streets to protect democracy
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleTurkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says the coup plotters have been defeated, the coup has failed and life has returned to normal.
The prime minister asks that people remain in the streets in the evenings to continue to protect and celebrate democracy.
“Another calamity has been thwarted,” Yildirim says. “However, our duty is not over. We shall rapidly conduct the cleansing operation so that they cannot again show the audacity of coming against the will of the people.”
He makes the victory declaration after visiting state TRT television station headquarters in Ankara.
The broadcaster was temporarily seized and used by soldiers to announce a coup on Friday.
— AP
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