Turkey’s government appears to have been overthrown in a coup, as the military claimed taking control over the country.
Heavily
armed soldiers and military vehicles closed the two main bridges in
Istanbul Friday evening, and while low-flying military jets could be
heard overhead.
Tanks
have been posted outside Istanbul’s Ataturk International Airport and
in other locations in the city.Access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube
is being blocked, while the state-owned TRT television has gone off the
air, according to reports from inside Turkey.
“Some
people illegally undertook an illegal action outside of the chain of
command," Prime Minister Bulent Yildirim said, in comments broadcast by
private channel NTV.
President
Recep Erdogan is reportedly on vacation in the southern Turkish resort
town of Bodrum. His status is currently unknown.
Tanks
have been posted outside Istanbul’s Ataturk International Airport,
while armored vehicles were photographed outside TRT offices.
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