[b]President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call to broadcaster CNN Turk said he remained the president of the country and the head of the army and called for people to take to the streets against the coup.

the streets against the coup.

"We will overcome this," Erdogan said, speaking on a video call to a mobile phone held up to the camera by a presenter. He called on his followers to take to the streets to defend his government and said the coup plotters would pay a heavy price.

An official said Erdogan was speaking from Marmaris on the Turkish coast where he was on holiday. Erdogan said he would swiftly return to Ankara.

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In the capital Ankara, gunshots were heard, as military jets and helicopters were seen flying overhead, a Reuters news agency witness said. The state-run Anadolu Agency reported that a military helicopter had attacked the Ankara police headquarters and Reuters said the parliament was surrounded with tanks.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/07/turkey-military-blocks-bridges-istanbul-160715195444742.html[/b]


Video of man kicking a military tank
https://twitter.com/ofirzarfatinews/status/754071092164165632?s=08

I've also seen a lot of people celebrating the coup.

chaos unfolding, citizens defying military curfew.

An official said Erdogan was speaking from Marmaris on the Turkish coast where he was on holiday. Erdogan said he would swiftly return to Ankara.

In the capital Ankara, gunshots were heard, as military jets and helicopters were seen flying overhead, a Reuters news agency witness said. The state-run Anadolu Agency reported that a military helicopter had attacked the Ankara police headquarters and Reuters said the parliament was surrounded with tanks.

Another Reuters witness reported hearing gunfire at Istanbul airport.

An Al Jazeera correspondent in the coastal city of Izmir reported an unusually heavy military build-up in the city ahead of the coup attempt.

In Gaziantep, a city in the south, Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr reported that supporters of Erdogan had taken to the streets, heeding his call for people to protest. Cars streamed towards the airport.

Aljazeera

The coup plotters seem to be opening fire on demonstrators.

Turkish main opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu has taken a stand against a military coup attempt in Turkey.
"This country was wracked with coups. We do not want to go through the same troubles," Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kilicdaroglu said early Saturday.
In a written statement, Kilicdaroglu said the CHP is affiliated to the national will that is essential to parliamentary democracy.
"We completely preserve our faith while laying claim to our republic and democracy," he said.

http://www.worldbulletin.net/politics/175009/main-opp-leader-says-turks-do-not-want-another-coup

mynd44 please frontpage

This is seriously serious

already a breakthrough coup,

CNN seems to be making a compelling case for the coup as usual playing accuser, judge and executioner

Airport retaken from coupist

Bravely rejecting the coup