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Right to Fair Trial Must be Respected in Turkey After Coup Attempt

© AP Photo / Hussein MallaSupporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wave their national flags and hold a portrait of Fethullah Gulen, a U.S.-based Muslim cleric with Turkish words that read: "the Coup nation traitor, FETO" (Feto is the nickname of Fethullah Gulen), during a pro-government rally at Kizilay main square, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wave their national flags and hold a portrait of Fethullah Gulen, a U.S.-based Muslim cleric with Turkish words that read: the Coup nation traitor, FETO (Feto is the nickname of Fethullah Gulen), during a pro-government rally at Kizilay main square, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 20, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Turkey must abide by the right to a fair trial in the wake of the military coup attempt, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Tuesday.

Turkish anti riot police officers detain a Turkish soldier who allegedly took part in a military coup as they are leaving in a bus the courthouse at Bakirkoy district in Istanbul on July 16, 2016 - Sputnik International
Turkish Opposition Calls for 'Legitimate' Investigation Into Coup Attempt
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Turkey must abide to the democratic freedoms like the right to a fair trial in the wake of the military coup attempt, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Tuesday.

"Turkey must recommit strongly to those principles and values that are at the core of that democracy that the Turkish people protected and defended on the night of 15th of July: the rule of law, freedoms, pluralism, including also the rights that are at the core of any democracy, including the guarantee that everybody has the right to a fair trial," Mogherini said at the European Parliament.

The July 15 coup was quickly suppressed by the government forces the following day. Over 240 people were killed and more than 2,000 were wounded during the operation.

Turkish authorities accuse Fethullah Gulen, a Turkish Islamic Preacher who lives in a self-imposed exile in the United States, of having orchestrated the coup.

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