‘Madmen’ may still be at large, says PM

Turkey’s Prime Minister has warned of the possibility that not all of those responsible for last week’s attempted coup were apprehended during the ensuing crackdown.

Binali Yildirim said there is “a remote chance some madmen might take action, acting out of a sense of revenge and defeat”.

Mr Yildirim also criticised the US for demanding evidence to extradite Islamic scholar Fethullah Gulen, whom Ankara claims is responsible for the coup.

He said: “Stop standing up for savages who run over citizens with tanks, who strafe people from land and the air.”

Parliament approved a national state of emergency, which gives sweeping new powers to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Mr Erdogan said these would allow the Government to rid the military of the “virus” of subversion.

Pro-Government supporters chant slogans and wave flags as they protest on the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul.