Panel in London set to mark anniversary of defeated 2016 coup in Türkiye

By Esra Tekin

ISTANBUL (AA) - Türkiye will hold a panel in London marking the anniversary of the country's defeated 2016 coup, the state Communications Directorate said on Tuesday.

Communications Director Fahrettin Altun is expected to address the panel, called "Türkiye’s Victory of Democracy," set to be held next Monday in the British capital.

Turkish Ambassador to London Osman Karay Ertas and Qurban Hussain, a member of the British House of Lords, are also expected to speak during the panel.

The defeated coup of July 15, 2016, in which 252 people were killed and 2,734 were wounded, was plotted and carried out by the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) and its US-based leader Fethullah Gulen.

Gulen has long lived in the US state of Pennsylvania. Turkish leaders have long sought his extradition, but US judicial officials have not approved it.