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Turkey's presidential guard regiment to be abolished: PM

Xinhua, July 24, 2016 Adjust font size:

Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said the presidential guard regiment will be abolished after some of its members are involved in the coup attempt, local media reported on Saturday.

"There will no longer be a presidential guard, there is no purpose, no need," he said in a televised interview with A-Haber TV.

At least 283 of the presidential guard regiment members have been detained in the wake of the failed coup.

Turkey on Friday issued arrest warrants for another 300 members of the presidential guards, CNNTurk reported.

The military bases across Turkey will be moved out of city centers, the prime minister said, adding that Turkish gendarmerie will be connected to the interior ministry.

A total of detainees rises to 13,002, including 1,329 policemen, 8,831 military officials, 2,100 judges and prosecutors, according to the prime minister.

During the interview, Yildirim said Turkey does not plan to extend the emergency rule beyond a period of three months, but will do so if necessary.

The failed coup attempt, which began last Friday, was crushed the next day; at least 290 people, including more than 100 "coup plotters," were killed, authorities said.

The Turkish government claimed the failed coup was organized by followers of Fethullah Gulen, a U.S.-based Muslim cleric. Endit