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Live updates: Erdogan vows revenge after Turkey coup attempt

Here are the latest developments following Friday's failed coup attempt in Turkey:

  • Turkey has arrested some 6,000 people and suspended nearly 8,000 police officers
  • The country's president has vowed revenge and hinted he could bring back the death penalty
  • John Kerry and Boris Johnson have urged Erdogan to show restraint
  • Turkey has called on the US to extradite Fethullah Gulen who it blames for the plot
  • The Foreign Office has told Britons that the situation is still "volatile"
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Turkey opposition denounces coup attempt

Mr Kilicdaroglu said the failed coup had brought Turkey's political parties closer together Credit: Reuters

The head of Turkey's main opposition, the secular Republican People's Party (CHP), has denounced the failed coup attempt, saying its defeat has brought Turkey's political parties closer to finding common ground.

Kemal Kilicdaroglu made his comments in a speech to parliament on Saturday.

The CHP is traditionally seen as having ties to Turkey's secular military, a small faction of which staged the attempted coup.

All four main political parties condemned the attempted coup in a joint statement read out in parliament.

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