Erdogan demanded that the United States extradite Gulen's preacher to Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan demanded that his American colleague Barack Obama extradite Fethullah Gulen to the homeland of the Turkish preacher in the United States. It is reported by Daily Sabah. The head of the Turkish state called Gulen the leader of the terrorists and the organizer suppressed on the night of Saturday attempts by a military coup in the country.

According to Reuters, US Secretary of State John Kerry said his country is ready to provide Turkey assistance, but Gulen’s official request was not received to Washington, as well as evidence of his involvement in the failed coup.

Gulen himself insists that he had nothing to do with the coup attempt.

Meanwhile, according to Hürriyet Daily News, the head of the Turkish Foreign Ministry, Mevlut Chavushoglu, said that his Greek colleague Nikas Kotzias announced the intention of Athens to begin the process of extradition of the eight participants in the coup, who fled to Greece after the failure of the coup and detained there on the accusations of illegal crossing of the border and applying Damage to bilateral relations. The military themselves asked for political asylum in Greece.

The helicopter on which the rebels flew to the neighboring country is already returned to Turkey.

The Minister of Defense of Turkey Fikri Yshyk said on Saturday night that all the officers taken by the putschers hostage are liberated and the situation in the country is completely under the control of the authorities. Earlier it was reported that the coup participants captured the Turkish frigate and took the hostage commander of the Turkish Navy, but this information was not confirmed.

As the Prime Minister of Turkey Binali Yyldyrym reported on Saturday, after trying to the coup , 2839 military were arrested, from ordinary to generals . Among them are General Akin Oztyurk, former the Commander -in -Chief of the Air Force, who is called one of the inspirers of the coup. The commander of the 2nd Army, General Adem Khuduti, was also detained.

I.O. The head of the General Staff, General Umns Dundar, said that 104 participants in the military coup attempt were killed. 161 people who opposed the rebels, including 47 civilians and 41 policemen were also killed ; Another 1440 were injured.

On July 16, an emergency meeting of the Supreme Council of Justice of Turkey was held, at which 2745 judges and prosecutors were removed from work and permission to detain them was issued. Among them are five members of the Supreme Council of Justice and two judges of the Constitutional Court.

On Friday evening, a military group tried to seize power in the country. In Istanbul and Ankara, tanks appeared on the streets, military helicopters and planes were raised into the air. The military blocked both bridges through the Bosphorus connecting the European and Asian units of Istanbul. The military took control of the airport to them. Ataturka and a number of government buildings in Istanbul, as well as in the capital of the country. The military also managed to capture the studios of a number of Turkish television channels.

Putchists announced the transfer of power in the country into their hands and the removal of the Turkish leadership.

About one in the morning, local time, Erdogan, who had previously been on vacation, came out on the air of the CNN Turk television channel from an unidentified place in the video through the iPhone. He stated that the situation in the country will be allowed "as soon as possible." The president urged the people to take the streets and confront the attempt to a coup.

Citizens followed this call. On bridges through Bosphorus, soldiers opened fire on the crowd. However, they soon surrendered. Forces faithful to the government returned control over airports and a majority of captured buildings.