"No place for coups in democracy", Maldives backs Turkey's Erdogan

Maldives on Sunday condemned the failed coup attempt in Turkey with president Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom insisting that unconstitutional attempts to overthrow an elected government have no place in democratic societies.

President Yameen joined world leaders including US President Barack Obama to have strongly condemned Friday's attempted takeover by an army faction, which according to the Turkish government left nearly 300 people dead.