“The Turkish Air Force will in the future take a more active part in operations against the Islamic State as part of the global coalition”, he pledged. 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.
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As they arrived the embassy building, the Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Cakil, was already waiting outside to receive them.
Earlier, Turkey’s Petroleum Pipeline Corporation BOTAS expressed readiness to participate in implementation of the Turkish Stream, but Russia’s Gazprom refused.
“Turkey’s NATO membership is not in question after the attempted coup in the country”, RIA Novosti reported with reference to the statement of the NATO official regarding media coverage and position of NATO.
Many more have lost their jobs or been suspended across Turkey’s public services, on suspicion of being Gulen followers. “We will always remember this support”.
“Iranian officials, including the president and parliament speaker as well as the Iranian nation stood by the Turkish government and nation (during the coup)”, he noted. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation counts on the continued contributions of Turkey and Turkey can count on the solidarity and support of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
“The Turkish Stream will have two pipeline strings – through one of them the gas will be supplied for Turkey’s domestic consumption, and through another one the gas will be supplied to Europe”, he said.
Meanwhile, a senior Turkish official told Reuters on Thursday that two Turkish military attaches in Greece are missing after being called back to Ankara as part of investigations into last month’s failed military coup.
The Turkish president is calling on the United States to choose between Turkey or FETO, an acronym for the “Gulen Terror Group”, which Turkey calls the followers of the US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen.
President Erdogan tightened his grip on Turkey, ordering the closure of thousands of private schools, charities and other institutions after the failed military coup.
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He said Turkey has also asked Washington for information on a Turkish military official based in the USA who is reportedly seeking asylum there after being recalled, but has not yet received a response.
