Erdoğan initially used Facetime in last night coup attempt to talk to media.
Erdogan resorts to iPhone’s FaceTime after coup attempt
Footage shown on CNN Turk shows military officers, who were barricading the Bosphorus bridge in Istanbul, surrendering on Saturday morning. Earlier, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed thousands of flag-waving supporters outside Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport on Saturday telling them he is in charge and the coup won’t succeed. It comes after elements of the military attempted a coup on Friday evening
After a night of chaos and bloodshed that saw an army faction try to oust a civilian government in Turkey for the fifth time in 60 years, retribution begins
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan tells his nation on Saturday that his government is working to crush a coup attempt after a night of explosions, air battles and gunfire that left dozens dead and at least 150 people wounded.
Erdogan called the coup plot a “betrayal” adding that those responsible will “pay a very heavy price”
Turkish police arrest a soldier in broadcaster CNN-Turk’s offices on Saturdaymorning. It comes after soldiers entered the Dogan Media Centre in Istanbul building early on Saturday morning, brandishing machine guns and telling employees to vacate the building. The station is back on air after police apparently entered the building and arrested soldiers who had taken it over
On Friday afternoon the images started rolling in on Twitter. Was it a terror attack, or a coup? We quickly learned.
A summary of what we know so far about the attempted coup in Turkey on Friday night that saw at least 194 people killed and 2,839 arrests. A faction of the Turkish military attempted to overthrow president Erdogan but failed as Erdogan supporters and forces loyal to the government resisted the insurrection
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RB: That was called the Ergenekon affair. There was evidence of plans for a coup that surfaced, and that became central in these trials that convicted leading military figures and removed them from power and put them in jail. Most of those generals …
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appears on television through a FaceTime video connection to address the nation as a coup threatens to topple the government. People claiming to speak for the Turkish military said the army was now in charge of the country
Background to coup includes various terror attacks and the Islamist president’s increasingly authoritarian views
News of an attempted military coup in Turkey, with soldiers manning strategic points in Ankara and Istanbul and sudden announcements in the media, is a throwback to more unstable times – but appears to reflect growing unease in a country disenchanted by the rule of an unpopular president.
Jubilant demonstrators gather at site where military action began and denounce attempted uprising as a failure
At 8am on Saturday, there were still tanks on the Bosphorus bridge. They stood on the tarmac that links Istanbul’s Asian and European shores, their turrets pointing at jaunty angles – as they had since 9pm on Friday, when their sudden appearance gave the first hint that a coup was under way.
Foreign secretary Boris Johnson urges calm over events in Ankara and Istanbul
The new foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, has expressed grave concern about the attempted military coup in Turkey, urging an end to the bloodshed and advising British tourists to closely monitor official Foreign Office advice about travel to and from the country.
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The shadowy Ergenekon group first came to light when a cache of explosives was discovered in a police raid on an Istanbul house. Eventually hundreds of people went on trial for an alleged coup attempt against then-prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, …
What’s Going On in Turkey?The Atlantic
A brief history of recent military coups in TurkeyQuartz
One-time ally who became Erdogan enemyFinancial Times
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