MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The United States, as well as a number of other states, expressed support for the elected Turkish government in the wake of late Friday's attempted coup.
"The United States will probably have two scenarios [of further relations with Turkey]. One is that maybe the US will want to pressurize Erdogan not to have any kind of agreement with Russians," Krydee said.
16 July 2016, 09:31 GMT
Late on Friday, Turkish authorities said that an attempted coup is taking place in the country. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Turkish citizens to take to streets, stating that the coup attempt was carried out by a small group within the military. The coup attempt was reportedly suppressed by early Saturday, with Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim stating that all coup supporters have been detained and the country is returning to normal life. Over 180 people were killed and 1,470 were injured during the events, while nearly 3,000 people have been detained, according to the prime minister.
Russia and Turkey, which had gone through a diplomatic crisis after the Su-24 downing incident, have recently begun to mend ties. On June 27, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a letter addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin, apologized for the downing of a Russian Su-24 attack aircraft by a Turkish jet in November 2015 and extended his condolences to the family of the pilot killed in the incident. By doing so Ankara fulfilled one of the conditions put forward by Moscow following the incident that paralyzed the long-term partnership between the two states.
