ANKARA, July 16 (APP/AFP) – A Turkish army faction backed by tanks and fighter jets was waging a coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday, but the strongman returned to Istanbul defiantly claiming to have regained control. Soldiers and tanks took to the streets late on Friday and multiple explosions rang out throughout […]
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Erdogan seeks control after coup attempt in Turkey
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UN chief urges quick return to civilian rule in Turkey
UNITED NATIONS, United States, July 16 (APP/AFP) : UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday called for a quick and peaceful return to civilian rule in Turkey following a military coup attempt. Ban said in a statement that “military interference in the affairs of any state is unacceptable.”
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Kerry says hopes for peace and ‘continuity’ in Turkey
MOSCOW, July 15, (APP/AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday he was still catching up with fast-moving events in Turkey, where troops are on the street amid reports of a coup attempt. But he said that however events play out, he hoped that Turkey would be able to resolve the crisis while […]
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Turkey army in coup attempt
ANKARA, July 15, (APP/AFP) – 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 […]
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Strong explosion heard in Turkish capital Ankara: AFP
ANKARA, July 16 (APP/AFP) – A strong explosion was heard in the Turkish capital on Friday after the army said it had seized power and declared martial law and a curfew, AFP journalists reported. It was not immediately known what caused the explosion but jets that had been present in the skies throughout the late […]
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Turkish military declares martial law and curfew: TRT state TV
ANKARA, July 16 (APP/AFP) – Turkey’s state television TRT broadcast a statement Friday it said was from the Turkish Armed Forces who declared martial law and a curfew throughout the country. “A curfew has been imposed until a second order,” TRT said from the statement signed by the “Council for Peace in the Homeland.”