Baku, Azerbaijan, July 26
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
Irfan Fidan has been appointed the new prosecutor general of Turkey’s Istanbul city, the Hurriyet newspaper reported July 26.
Reportedly, Fidan has replaced Hadi Salihoglu on this post.
Irfan Fidan has worked in Turkey’s law enforcement agencies for a long time.
Turkey has started staff changes in a number of state bodies and judicial authorities as part of the fight against the movement of Fethullah Gulen who was involved in the military coup attempt in the country.
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.
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