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Consequences of the coup attempt.
FETÖ / Parallel State Structuring (PDY)-member putschist soldiers demanded negotiations to surrender. When their demands were rejected, they started surrendering. As part of preparations for an operation, first the surroundings of the General Staff Headquarters were evacuated and then soldiers from the Special Operations and Special Forces were deployed to the area. During the operation that was initiated after these preparations, putschist soldiers at the General Staff Headquarters were detained.
In the same minutes, Istanbul Police Chief Mustafa Çalışkan said, “The ringleader is there,” and ordered to launch an operation on the Topkule Barracks towards the morning. The gate of the barracks was closed by construction vehicles. Putschist soldiers clashed with the police for five hours. A total of 250 soldiers surrendered at 11:30 a.m. After taking off the upper part of their uniforms, soldiers were handcuffed behind their backs and detained.
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The Grand National Assembly of Turkey is gathering.
Parliamentary Speaker İsmail Kahraman said that the extraordinary meeting of the Assembly was postponed to 03:00 p.m. as they would wait for Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’s return to Ankara.
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who arrived in Istanbul from Ankara on July 15, was informed of the coup attempt after he landed at Atatürk Airport. Kilicdaroglu, who spent the night in Bakırköy, passed by boat to Pendik on the morning of July 16. Kılıçdaroğlu, who came to Ankara from Pendik by road, made a speech against the coup by participating in the extraordinary parliamentary session organized by the Turkish Grand National Assembly.
After the coup attempt was repelled, Turkcell and Vodafone issued statements on their official Twitter accounts, saying that they would provide free Internet and communication services on the weekend.
Deputy Chief of General Staff General Ümit Dündar announced that the coup attempt had been rejected by the command chain of the Turkish Armed Forces right from the start. According to Dündar, a total of 1,563 soldiers were arrested and 104 people were captured dead. There were 90 martyrs – 47 civilians, 41 police officers and two soldiers – and 1,154 injured people. Dündar said, “We are determined to clear the members of the parallel structure from the Turkish Armed Forces.”
General Ümit Dündar arranged a press conference