Sunday, July 17, 2016

Turkey: At Least 265 Dead, 1,440 Wounded in Ankara During Coup Attempt, Prime Minister Says


About 6,000 people have reportedly been detained after a bomb hit the Turkish Parliament. Thousands of people against the coup gathered outside Kizilay Square in Ankara Saturday to support democracy. 

Meanwhile the Turkish government wants the person allegedly behind the coup plot Fethulla Gulen extradited back home from the United States. Gulen accuses President Erdogan of staging the coup itself. So far John Kerry, US Secretary of Stage is calling for peace within all factions.