Turkish army seizes power
AFP
26 minutes ago
Ankara - The Turkish military on Friday said that it had launched a coup, in what the prime minister termed an illegal act aimed at usurping the authorities.

Soldiers were seen on the streets in Istanbul and Ankara as jets flew low overhead, while ordinary citizens rushed for the safety of their homes after witnessing the coup attempt.

"The power in the country has been seized in its entirety," said a military statement quoted by Turkish media.

It said the move had been made "in order to ensure and restore constitutional order, democracy, human rights and freedoms and let the supremacy law in the country prevail, to restore order which was disrupted".


"All our international agreements and commitments retain their validity. We hope our good relations will continue with all countries in the world."

Television pictures showed tanks deployed outside Atatürk Airport in Istanbul. Reports said that flights into the airport had been halted.

AFP correspondents said that Istanbul had been turned into a ghost town after the events, with people who had been outside for a Friday night rushing to the safety of their homes.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Friday denounced what he said was an "illegal attempt" by elements in the military.

"We are working on the possibility of an attempt. We will not allow this attempt," he told NTV television by telephone, without expanding on the nature of the move but saying it was by a group in the Turkish military.

"Those who are in this illegal act will pay the highest price," he added, saying it would not be correct to describe the move as a "coup".

Turkey has a history of coups with governments ousted on three occasions in the last decades by full military coups.

However analysts had usually assumed that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had good relations with the military.

It has started!

xprezboy:
Turkish army seizes power .

Meanwhile, somewhere in Nigeria.....Ikeja Electric has been seizing power since the creation of man...

I have been trying to see this news here in NL
Finally!!


Come to think of it, why is it dat in NL we only hear news abt celebrity Al the time but no international news.

o.p you nogo provid link? abi u don eat d link ni?

why not Nig
get this old thing out of power.

I hope this is not the beginning of the end of democracy in certain countries

dz is buharidnezar primary mission, he plans to return Nigeria to military rules. dz was the reason he northernised the entire military and paramilitary apparatus in the current dispensation. dz would encourage a coup by military men from the North.
we are watching.

same fate will befall buhari if he refuses to change

xprezboy:
dz is buharidnezar primary mission, he plans to return Nigeria to military rules. dz was the reason he northernised the entire military and paramilitary apparatus in the current dispensation. dz would encourage a coup by military men from the North.
we are watching.

A military coup can't work in nigeria for certain reasons yet, it would be fiercely resisted unless it is supported by western nations, Nigeria is already highly militarised.
Let us watch and see anyway .
If it is against the current APC regime then there would mass unrest in lagos, Kano e.t.c with the economy ground to a halt and western nations, Nato invading to restore order, unless it is carried out by a very brilliant officer. If It is for the present Apc regime then that would be counter productive as that would usher in people who might not keep to terms of agreement and the Avengers might actually become more aggressive in their offensives.

Am scared of the contagious effect it will bear on Nigeria as a country. May God have mercy on us...