Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 20
By Orkhan Guluzade – Trend:
Turkey’s National Security Council will hold a meeting Aug. 20 under the leadership of the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the presidential residence in Istanbul, Haber 7 newspaper reported.
It is expected that the situation in Turkey after the military coup attempt will be discussed at the meeting.
The last meeting of Turkey’s National Security Council was held August 18 with the participation of chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces, army general Hulusi Akar and Prime Minister Binali Yildirim. Reforms in the Armed Forces of Turkey were discussed at the meeting.
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 had said 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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