Violent Scene of Turkey Coup
Sat Jul 16, 2016 16:29:26
Defiant masses fight back, Stunning scenes as Erdogan Supporters rise up against the attempted military coup, dragging cowering soldiers from their tanks and beating them in the streets, Daily Mail Online reports.
The coup attempt, launched late on Friday, plunged Turkey into hours of chaos unseen in decades during which soldiers and tanks took to the streets and multiple explosions rang out throughout the night in Ankara and Istanbul.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Binali Yildirim appeared on television soon after the coup was launched, declaring an early end to the putsch.
The Turkish premier told reporters that 161 people were killed in the coup attempt against the government. He said 2,839 soldiers were now detained on suspicion of involvement in the putsch and added that the toll did not include the assailants.
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