ISTANBUL/ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s supporters rallied in public squares, at Istanbul airport and outside his palace overnight in a show of defiance after a failed coup attempt killed at least 261 people and raised expectations of a heavy *****down on dissent.
Erdogan supporters waving Turkish flags also thronged the central Taksim square in Istanbul - scene of mass anti-government protests three years ago - and a smaller crowd gathered outside the gates of the his vast presidential palace complex in the capital. For at least eight hours overnight on Friday violence shook Turkey’s two main cities. But the coup attempt crumbled as Erdogan rushed back to Istanbul from a Mediterranean holiday and urged people to take to the streets in support of his government against the plotters.
07-18-2016, 04:29 AM
Erdogan supporters stand guard
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