A total of 81,494 people were deprived of their positions as a result of the coup attempt in Turkey, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım told reporters.

The PM informed that, at present, a total of 76,500 state employees have been isolated from their work plus 4,800 officials and about 3,000 military servicemen have been dismissed in Turkey.

Ankara believes that Turkish Islamic theologian and preacher Fethullah Gülen, who resides in the US since 1999 and his “Fethullah Gülen Terrorist Organization (FETÖ),” are behind this coup attempt, and they have a large number of supporters in Turkey.

In this connection, the Turkish authorities are conducting mass “cleanings” at various levels in the country.

A group of military servicemen attempted a coup in Turkey, from late night on July 15 to early morning on July 16, but it failed. The main confrontations took place in capital city Ankara and in Istanbul. A total of 246 people died as a result of the clashes.