Who are these pro-Erdogan mobs who even beheaded a soldier?
Date posted: July 23, 2016
Hours after the failed coup attempt, pro-Erdogan mobs flooded the streets of Turkey. They even beheaded a soldier, storm military headquarters. But who are they?
– We killed four of them, now it is time for the fifth…
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