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Prosecution of Coup Attempt Participants to Fully Comply With Law - Yildirim

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The punishment of participants of the July 2016 coup attempt in Turkey will proceed in compliance with the country's law, according to Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim.

Supporters of President Tayyip Erdogan wave Turkish flags as shirts hung on gallows are seen in the foreground during a trial for soldiers accused of attempting to assassinate the president on the night of the failed last year's July 15, 2016 coup, in Mugla, Turkey July 14, 2017. - Sputnik International
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ANKARA (Sputnik) — The punishment of participants of the July 2016 coup attempt in Turkey will proceed in compliance with the country's law, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Friday.

"[The participants of coup attempt] are pursuing two aims. First of all in order to carry this issue to the international judiciary they will play all kinds of dirty tricks. They want people to say that there was no fair trial and that they were not given the right to defend. And we will take away all these accuses. Let them express their defense… They will receive the punishment, the penalty they deserve within the framework of the law," Yildirim told the reporters on the press conference in Ankara dedicated to the anniversary of coup attempt.

A coup attempt, which mainly involved members of the army, took place in Turkey on July 15, 2016. Most of the struggle happened in the capital Ankara and in Istanbul. More than 240 Turkish citizens were killed and over 2,000 wounded during the unsuccessful military takeover.

The Turkish government has accused Fethullah Gulen, an Islamic preacher living in the United States, of involvement in the coup and demanded his extradition to Turkey. More than 50,000 people were arrested and 100,000 dismissed or suspended from their jobs within the post-coup crackdown inside Turkey.

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