A coup was attempted in Turkey Friday with a faction of the military taking over state TV, imposing martial law and a curfew and reportedly attacking the police headquarters in the capital of Ankara, according to American and foreign officials.

There were also at least two blasts reported near the entrance to parliament and no immediate word of casualties. The entrance to the building appears damaged.

A total of 120 soldiers have been arrested so far following the coup attempt, said Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim.

Late Friday night, the country's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, returned to Istanbul after going to an undisclosed location and vowed that those who carried out the coup will "pay." Earlier, he urged supporters to take to the streets in defiance.

Erdogan called the coup a "gift from God" because it will help Turkey clean out the military from the "members of this gang." The timing of the coup was "meaningful," because the military will start meetings in the beginning of August, and those who staged the coup were afraid of the decisions that would be made at those meetings, Erdogan said.

"This is not old Turkey," he said. "This is new Turkey."

In Istanbul at least six people are dead and 100 injured from the clashes that resulted from the coup attempt, a source at Istanbul Haydarpasa Hospital told ABC News. Video shows Turkish military firing over hundreds of protesters' heads as they approached a tank on a highway.

It was not clear who was behind the attempted coup, but a broadcaster for state TV read a letter from a group calling itself the "Turkish peace council" saying that martial law is being imposed. The news anchor says media personnel were handcuffed and forced to read what they were given.

CNN Turk has said that soldiers entered their building, the Dogan Media Center, which also houses the newspaper Hurriyet and DHA, a broadcaster. Shouting could be heard in the background as an image of the studio broadcast on TV.

Late The Turkish Chief of Army has been rescued from detention and is back on duty after a military operation, Yildirim said. Those that held him hostage have been "eliminated," Yildirim said.

Yildirim also said that security forces were doing what is necessary to resolve the situation.

Speaking on Turkish television, Yildirim said the military leadership has ordered all soldiers back to their bases. The prime minister called those behind the coup "traitors" and called the move "a terrorist act."

Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported that a military helicopter has attacked Ankara police headquarters. It was not clear if there were any injuries. Other clashes and explosions have also been heard in the city, while video posted to Twitter show military jets flying over the city.

The Bosphorus Bridge and Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul have been closed and Turkey’s Dogan News Agency reports the national police directorate has summoned all police to duty in Ankara.


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This is the reason i don't blame buhari for filling the military and police with northerners who are loyal to him and can be trusted. It would have been disastrous if he places the security of the country in the hands of Igbo soldiers who are sympathetic to biafra. Wise decision by buhari there

And our IPOD niccurs kips screaming Say na only northerners buhari de appoint. Which sensible human being dares appoint another ojukwu as chief of army staff.

mrkayusfit:
This is the reason i don't blame buhari for filling the military and police with northerners who are loyal to him and can be trusted. It would have been disastrous if he places the security of the country in the hands of Igbo soldiers who are sympathetic to biafra. Wise decision by buhari there

Exactly my thoughts.

When he used merit to appoint his officers back in 1984, we all knew what happened to him.

It will be foolish for an older and wiser Buhari to repeat the same mistakes of the past and leave the military and command center to people he cannot trust.

Hopefully the coup attempt in Turkey is not another attempt to resuscitate the Arab Spring in Egypt, Syria, Iraq and all theMiddle East countries currently facing devastating wars.

mrkayusfit:
This is the reason i don't blame buhari for filling the military and police with northerners who are loyal to him and can be trusted. It would have been disastrous if he places the security of the country in the hands of Igbo soldiers who are sympathetic to biafra. Wise decision by buhari there

You are very right!
Once beaten twice shy

All of you above defending Buhari over his lopsided appointments forget that Buhari also became head of state via coup in the 1980's. He was a betrayer and a backstabber too. "The guilty run when no one when no one is chasing".

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knuckbuck:
All of you above defending Buhari over his lopsided appointments forget that Buhari also became head of state via coup in the 1980's. He was a betrayer and a backstabber too. "The guilty run when no one when no one is chasing".

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Cry me a river

Nigerian army is far better than their turkey counterpart. just a simple coup they could not execute.

mrkayusfit:
This is the reason i don't blame buhari for filling the military and police with northerners who are loyal to him and can be trusted. It would have been disastrous if he places the security of the country in the hands of Igbo soldiers who are sympathetic to biafra. Wise decision by buhari there

another reason to give my vote to bahari again

smartblu:
A coup was attempted in Turkey Friday with a faction of the military taking over state TV, imposing martial law and a curfew and reportedly attacking the police headquarters in the capital of Ankara, according to American and foreign officials.
There were also at least two blasts reported near the entrance to parliament and no immediate word of casualties. The entrance to the building appears damaged.
A total of 120 soldiers have been arrested so far following the coup attempt, said Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim.
Late Friday night, the country's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, returned to Istanbul after going to an undisclosed location and vowed that those who carried out the coup will "pay." Earlier, he urged supporters to take to the streets in defiance.
Erdogan called the coup a "gift from God" because it will help Turkey clean out the military from the "members of this gang." The timing of the coup was "meaningful," because the military will start meetings in the beginning of August, and those who staged the coup were afraid of the decisions that would be made at those meetings, Erdogan said.
"This is not old Turkey," he said. "This is new Turkey."
In Istanbul at least six people are dead and 100 injured from the clashes that resulted from the coup attempt, a source at Istanbul Haydarpasa Hospital told ABC News. Video shows Turkish military firing over hundreds of protesters' heads as they approached a tank on a highway.
It was not clear who was behind the attempted coup, but a broadcaster for state TV read a letter from a group calling itself the "Turkish peace council" saying that martial law is being imposed. The news anchor says media personnel were handcuffed and forced to read what they were given.
CNN Turk has said that soldiers entered their building, the Dogan Media Center, which also houses the newspaper Hurriyet and DHA, a broadcaster. Shouting could be heard in the background as an image of the studio broadcast on TV.
Late The Turkish Chief of Army has been rescued from detention and is back on duty after a military operation, Yildirim said. Those that held him hostage have been "eliminated," Yildirim said.
Yildirim also said that security forces were doing what is necessary to resolve the situation.
Speaking on Turkish television, Yildirim said the military leadership has ordered all soldiers back to their bases. The prime minister called those behind the coup "traitors" and called the move "a terrorist act."
Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported that a military helicopter has attacked Ankara police headquarters. It was not clear if there were any injuries. Other clashes and explosions have also been heard in the city, while video posted to Twitter show military jets flying over the city.
The Bosphorus Bridge and Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul have been closed and Turkey’s Dogan News Agency reports the national police directorate has summoned all police to duty in Ankara.
https://gma.yahoo.com/turkish-coup-leaders-over-state-tv-imposing-martial-220504693--abc-news-topstories.html#

mrkayusfit:
This is the reason i don't blame buhari for filling the military and police with northerners who are loyal to him and can be trusted. It would have been disastrous if he places the security of the country in the hands of Igbo soldiers who are sympathetic to biafra. Wise decision by buhari there

kbams241:
And our IPOD niccurs kips screaming Say na only northerners buhari de appoint. Which sensible human being dares appoint another ojukwu as chief of army staff.

kbams241:
And our IPOD niccurs kips screaming Say na only northerners buhari de appoint. Which sensible human being dares appoint another ojukwu as chief of army staff.

another reason to vote for buhari

RoyalRoy:

Exactly my thoughts.
When he used merit to appoint his officers back in 1984, we all knew what happened to him.
It will be foolish for an older and wiser Buhari to repeat the same mistakes of the past and leave the military and command center to people he cannot trust.
Hopefully the coup attempt in Turkey is not another attempt to resuscitate the Arab Spring in Egypt, Syria, Iraq and all theMiddle East countries currently facing devastating wars.

kbams241:
And our IPOD niccurs kips screaming Say na only northerners buhari de appoint. Which sensible human being dares appoint another ojukwu as chief of army staff.

another reason to vote for buhari

I trust my naija Bros, they Neva carry last in their time

Welcome back to the past.

This may soon extend to other countries, if care is not taken.

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OZAOEKPE:
Nigerian army is far better than their turkey counterpart. just a simple coup they could not execute.

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Shut up. ..enough with your lies.. Please tell your ipork bastardos to. try it and get terminated.