Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said 161 pro-government forces and civilians were killed in the coup attempt, and a general said 104 coup plotters died.
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Turkish authorities have continued their crackdown in the aftermath of an attempted coup, with more than 6,000 people detained as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s revenge mission raises fears for the future of democracy in the region.
It’s believed the man had been shot in the head during the violence on Friday, which killed 265 people.
The crackdown is however not restricted to the military and Anadolu said prosecutors have issued arrest warrants for a total of 2,745 judges and prosecutors across Turkey.
“Those who stain the military’s reputation must leave”, he said.
Amid the attempted coup, the president called on Turks to take to the streets in a show of support for the government.
The uprising began late on Friday when military personnel drove armoured vehicles into Istanbul and Ankara, blocking roads and taking over bridges.
Already, three of the country’s top generals have been detained, alongside thousands of soldiers, including officers. The government has also dismissed almost 3,000 judges and prosecutors from their posts, while investigators were preparing court cases to send the conspirators to trial on charges of attempting to overthrow the government.
“After close coordination with our Turkish allies, counter-ISIL coalition air operations in Turkey have resumed”, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said on Twitter.
Bozdag said he was confident that the United States would return Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen to Turkey.
By Sunday, authorities appeared to have neutralised the last threats from the attempted coup, but it was a greatly diminished Turkey that emerged from the chaos of the night before.
Erdogan attended the funeral of Varank and five others at a mosque in Istanbul’s Fatih neighborhood, accompanied by former president Abdullah Gul and a large security detail. Erdogan’s survival has turned him into a “sort of a mythical figure” and could further erode democracy in Turkey, said Soner Cagaptay, director of the Turkish research program at The Washington Institute.
The messages broadcast by Al Jazeera came from a group conversation between those involved in the coup on mobile messaging application WhatsApp.
“We can not delay this anymore because in this country, those who launch a coup will have to pay the price for it”, he told supporters.
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A resurgent Erdogan raised the prospect of bringing back capital punishment, which was abolished in 2004 as the country sought to improve its chances of joining the EU. Dominique Soguel, Emrah Gurel, Bram Janssen and Cinar Kiper in Istanbul and Mucahit Ceylan in Ankara also contributed.
