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Security services searched the air base, which also houses nuclear weapons, hours after authorities arrested a Turkish air force general from the Incirlik base who the government believes helped in plotting Friday's coup.

Meanwhile, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg expressed full support for the Turkish government during a telephone call with President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday.

But he went on to warn that there could be no room for military coups in a NATO member state.