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P eople wave Turkish flags in Istanbul Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has said 161 people were killed in the coup attempt against the government, with 2,839 soldiers now detained on suspicion of involvement. Mr Yildirim, speaking outside his Cankaya palace in Ankara and flanked by top general Hulusi Akar who was held during the coup attempt, also described the putsch bid as a "black stain" on Turkish democracy. He added that 1,440 people had been wounded. The 161 toll did not include the assailants, he emphasised. Earlier acting army chief General Umit Dundar said 104 coup plotters were killed in the violence, before warning that anyone who betrays the country will not go unpunished. Mr Yildirim said the situation was "completely under control"   after the coup attempt  blamed by the government on supporters of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported. A Turkish official ad...