Turkey coup

The Turkish military has claimed to have taken over the country, and have gone on killing spree by firstly attacking the special forces headquarters in Ankara, killing 17 policemen in the attack.

                    

The Turkish parliament is also not spared as tanks have been used to bring down the building into rubbles. Also MPs of different party has surrounded the building in protest, and have told the soldiers they will not be leaving the building.

Also the coup is facing defeat from general public as protesters are asking the soldiers to leave the Bosphorus Bridge "or else", also protesters are in a face off with the military at the Taksim Square in Istanbul.

The Turkish people have also took to the state run TV to get it back from the soldiers after it was seized by the coup plotters. Addressing the nation via Facetime with CNN, Tayyip Erdoğan denounce the coup, and also show the Turkish police arresting coup plotters.

                          

While speaking to CNN, Erdoğan said that the Army chain of command is disrupted, and he promise to bring a change to it. He added;

I urge the Turkish people to gather at public squares and airports. There is no power higher than the power of the people.

An army commander has ordered all soldiers of the Third Army back to their bases of face prosecution

 

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