Turkey detains 18 Prime Ministry staff in failed coup probe![]() August 20, 2016 - 11:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Eighteen Prime Ministry employees were detained in the capital city on orders of the Ankara Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday, August 19 as part of a probe into the July 15 defeated coup, a police source said, according to Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency. The detentions were part of a joint investigation by the Ankara police department, focusing on anti-smuggling and organized crime, and the Ankara Public Prosecutor’s Office, the source told Anadolu Agency on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on speaking with the media. Prime Ministry experts are among the suspects, who will be then referred to the court after completing procedures at the police department. ![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |