A deputy mayor in Istanbul is in a critical condition after being shot in the head by an unknown assailant.<br />Turkish broadcaster NTV reported that the assailant had stormed the office of Cemil Candas, a Jewish politician in the Sisli district, and then gun shots were heard.<br />It was not immediately clear whether the incident was linked to Friday's abortive military coup in which more than 200 people were killed.<br />Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) runs the prosperous Sisli district.<br />Along with other opposition parties the CHP has condemned the attempted coup.
