A picture taken on July 19, 2016 shows the statue of the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, through a hole in a window at the damaged Ankara police headquarters after it was bombed during the failed July 15 coup attempt. (AFP/Xinhua)
ANKARA, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday it has launched investigation on all military judges and prosecutors, suspending 262 of them.
Two people, respectively in the Central Anatolian province of Karaman and the Black Sea province of Zonguldak, were arrested for praising the July 15 failed coup attempt and insulting President Erdogan on social media, Hurriyet Daily News reported on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar's aide, Infantry Lt. Col. Levent Turkkan, have confessed allegiance to the suspected group behind the coup, Turkish media reported, citing Turkkan's testimony.
