Turkey to disband presidential guard after post-coup detentions: PM

[WorldNews]

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The Turkish authorities will disband the elite presidential guard after detaining almost 300 of its members in the wake of the failed coup, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Saturday. There will no longer be a presidential guard, there is no purpose, there is no need," Yildirim said, speaking to A Haber channel. Members of the guard were part of a group that entered the state broadcaster TRT during the coup, Yildirim said.

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