Mr Erdogan also said Turkey could consider reinstating the death penalty following the putsch bid, despite concerns in the international community. A resurgent Mr Erdogan raised the prospect of bringing back capital punishment, which was abolished in 2004 as the country sought to improve its chances of joining the EU. The 75-year-old preacher has categorically denied any involvement in the plot and suggested it could have been staged by Mr Erdogan himself. Turks wave flags under a portrait of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Kililay Square, Ankara, after Mr Erdogan defeated an attempted military coup. We will not leave the squares... but we will continue defiantly," said Mr Erdogan.

Source: Bangkok Post July 17, 2016 19:30 UTC