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Toll from Turkey coup bid climbs to more than 290

Published: 18 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am | Last Updated: 14 Nov 2021 - 11:24 pm
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan helps to carry a coffin with a victim of a thwarted coup following a funeral service in Istanbul, Turkey, July 17, 2016. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

 

Istanbul: The number of people killed in Friday's failed coup attempt in Turkey has climbed to more than 290, the foreign ministry said.

"More than 100 putschists" were killed and at least "190 of our citizens", the ministry said in a statement on Sunday. The government had earlier put the death toll from Friday night's coup attempt at 265.

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