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International flights to Turkey, including Yerevan-Istanbul flight canceled

International flights to Turkey, including Yerevan-Istanbul flight canceled

YEREVAN, JULY 16, ARMENPRESS. Various international airlines announced that the flights to Turkey have been canceled, reports “Armenpress”. Yerevan-Istanbul July 16 flight scheduled for 05:20 has also been canceled. The Istanbul Ataturk Airport is the third largest airport in Europe.

Overnight July 15-16 due to the military coup attempt in Turkey, the Istanbul airport has also been closed.

194 people (104 coup attempt participants, 90 pro-governmental people) were killed in the Turkish failed military coup. The number of wounded reaches to 1154. Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ announced 1563 members of the Turkish armed forces have been arrested, 5 generals, 29 colonels were dismissed from their posts for the coup attempt. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim announced that one of the generals supporting the coup has been killed during the operations. Armenian citizens or Armenians did not suffer in the Turkish military operations. Shooting was heard in Turkish capital Ankara, military helicopters and jets were flying over the city on the evening of July 15. Turkish PM Binali Yildirim announced that a coup attempt took place in Turkey.








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