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Turkish authorities arrested 283 members of the presidential guard of Recep Tayyip Erdogan suspected of involvement in the coup attempt, BBC Russian Service reported.

The guard consisting of, at least, 2500 soldiers is deployed in the presidential palace in Ankara.

According to TV channel CNN Turk, the authorities issued arrest warrants for 300 people, still they have managed to detain those who were in the capital.

Earlier, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Dzhanikli told that arrests and dismissals of about 60,000 people after the coup was only the “tip of the iceberg”, and promised that there will be more arrests.

Among the dismissed and detained are more than 9,000 police officers, 3,000 judges and 6,000 soldiers, and also teachers and deans of universities.

The day before Turkey also decided to suspend the European Convention on Human Rights and fundamental freedoms in connection with state of emergency in the country.

At the same time, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan does not exclude the possibility of introduction of a death penalty in the country in order to punish instigators of the coup attempt.

Armed coup attempt began in Turkey on July 15. The group of soldiers declared that they take control of the country into their own hands to provide observance of constitutional rights of citizens. By the morning the Turkish government managed to completely restore control over the situation in the country.

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