Turkey's President Erdogan Holds Meeting With Opposition Parties' Leaders

© AFP 2023 / ADEM ALTANTurkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference following the National Security Council and cabinet meetings at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, July 20, 2016
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference following the National Security Council and cabinet meetings at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, July 20, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a meeting with chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP) Kemal Kilicdaroglu and leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Devlet Bahceli in the country's capital of Ankara, media reported Monday.

A Turkish military officer is transferred to a court hall in the city of Alexandroupolis, northern Greece, Thursday, July 21, 2016 - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the Daily Sabah newspaper, it was the first time the Turkish opposition leaders had visited the Presidential Complex in Ankara. The country's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim also took part in the meeting.

The newspaper noted that the leaders of political parties had expressed a united stance against the recent coup attempt and pledged their support for the democratically elected Turkish government, despite their differences.

On July 15, a coup attempt took place in Turkey and was suppressed the following day. The Turkish government has accused US-based dissident Fethullah Gulen and his followers of having played a key role in the coup.

Over 240 people were killed and more than 2,000 injured during the failed coup excluding the victims among the plotters, according to the country's authorities.

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