Baku, Azerbaijan, July 26
By Orkhan Guluzade - Trend:
Turkey’s ambassador to Canada Tuncay Babali has been dismissed from his post, the Haber 7 newspaper reported July 26.
The decision was made as part of the fight against the Fethullah Gulen movement.
Earlier, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that the rebels have penetrated into the structure of the country's Foreign Ministry as well.
On July 15 evening, Turkish authorities said a military coup attempt took place in the country. Meanwhile, a group of servicemen announced about transition of power to them.
However, the rebelling servicemen started to surrender July 16 and Turkish authorities said the coup attempt failed. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the death toll as a result of the military coup attempt stood at 246 people excluding the coup plotters and over 2,000 people were wounded.
Erdogan declared a three-month state of emergency in Turkey on July 20.