At least 90 dead in Turkish coup attempt

ANKARA

People take streets in Ankara, Turkey during a protest agaist military coup attempt on July 16,. AFP photo

At least 90 people have been killed and 1154 were wounded during the clashes and incidents after a group of soldiers attempted a coup starting from late on July 15, Anadolu Agency reported. 

A prosecutor in the Gölbaşı district said 42 of the dead were in Ankara.

The plotters killed 17 policemen in an attack on the Gölbaşı Special Forces Department headquarters in the Turkish capital of Ankara.

Two employees were killed at the Turkish satellite operator TÜRKSAT in the same district.