There will no longer be a presidential guard, there is no purpose, there is no need," Yildirim said, speaking to A Haber channel. Members of the guard were part of a group that entered the state broadcaster TRT during the coup, Yildirim said. ANKARA - The Turkish authorities will disband the elite presidential guard after detaining almost 300 of its members in the wake of the failed coup, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Saturday. The presidential guard is a regiment numbering up to 2,500 people but at least 283 of its members had been detained after the coup in Ankara. Yildirim added that 13,002 people had been detained.

Source: Bangkok Post July 23, 2016 20:37 UTC