Update : 17 Turkish policemen have been confirmed dead in a firefight at the Turkish Special Forces base. A helicopter has been shot down by an airforce jet.
Here is Reuters :
Here is Reuters :
(Reuters) -
If successful, the overthrow of Erdogan, who has ruled Turkey since 2003, would be one of the biggest shifts in the Middle East in years
Even if it fails, the coup attempt could destabilise a pivotal country in the region.
Reuters reporters saw a helicopter open fire.
military helicopters had fired on the headquarters of the intelligence agency.
Reuters journalists saw tanks open fire near the parliament building in Ankara
Airports were shut, access to Internet social media sites was cut off, and troops sealed off the two bridges over the Bosphorus in Istanbul
Soldiers took control of TRT state television, which announced a countrywide curfew and martial law.
TRT later went off the air.
Anadolu said the chief of Turkey's military staff was among people taken "hostage"
NOT A TINPOT COUP
A senior EU source said: "well orchestrated coup by a significant body of the military, not just a few colonels. They've got control of the airports and are expecting control over the TV station imminently. They control several strategic points in Istanbul.
"Given the scale of the operation, it is difficult to imagine they will stop short of prevailing. It's not just a few colonels," the source repeated.
"However it looks in the morning, this will have massive implications for Turkey. This has not come out of nowhere."
Turkey main backers of opponents of Bashar al-Assad in that country's civil war, host to 2.7 million Syrian refugees and launchpad last year for the biggest influx of migrants to Europe since World War Two.
Celebratory gunfire erupted in Syria's capital Damascus as reports emerged that Erdogan had been toppled. People took the streets to celebrate
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If successful, the overthrow of Erdogan, who has ruled Turkey since 2003, would be one of the biggest shifts in the Middle East in years
Even if it fails, the coup attempt could destabilise a pivotal country in the region.
Reuters reporters saw a helicopter open fire.
military helicopters had fired on the headquarters of the intelligence agency.
Reuters journalists saw tanks open fire near the parliament building in Ankara
Airports were shut, access to Internet social media sites was cut off, and troops sealed off the two bridges over the Bosphorus in Istanbul
Soldiers took control of TRT state television, which announced a countrywide curfew and martial law.
TRT later went off the air.
Anadolu said the chief of Turkey's military staff was among people taken "hostage"
NOT A TINPOT COUP
A senior EU source said: "well orchestrated coup by a significant body of the military, not just a few colonels. They've got control of the airports and are expecting control over the TV station imminently. They control several strategic points in Istanbul.
"Given the scale of the operation, it is difficult to imagine they will stop short of prevailing. It's not just a few colonels," the source repeated.
"However it looks in the morning, this will have massive implications for Turkey. This has not come out of nowhere."
Turkey main backers of opponents of Bashar al-Assad in that country's civil war, host to 2.7 million Syrian refugees and launchpad last year for the biggest influx of migrants to Europe since World War Two.
Celebratory gunfire erupted in Syria's capital Damascus as reports emerged that Erdogan had been toppled. People took the streets to celebrate
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Good morning folks. Just a few weeks back I said that a military coup was brewing in Turkey.
Well it is happening now. I received the first sms at 5.29am this morning. Thank you. Here is the latest :
Lets see how things develop. Will update.
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