PM Yildirim: Turkey Has Documents Detailing Failed Coup Attempt

ANKARA (Reuters) —
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim chairs a cabinet meeting in Ankara, Turkey, July 18, 2016. Hakan Goktepe/Prime Minister's Press Office/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE.
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim chairs a cabinet meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Monday. (Hakan Goktepe/Prime Minister’s Press Office/Handout via Reuters)

Turkey has documents detailing the responsible parties of the failed coup attempt that tried to topple the government over the weekend, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Monday.

The coup plotters had detailed plans on who would take ministerial posts and who would act as the head of martial law in the post-coup government, Yildirim said in comments after a cabinet meeting.

He also said that investigations were still underway and detentions within security forces were continuing.

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