Saturday, July 16, 2016

Heavy military deployment seen in Ankara, Istanbul

Heavy military deployment were seen early Saturday morning in the Turkish capital of Ankara and Turkey's most populous city Istanbul, following a military coup attempt in the country, according to Xinhua reporters.

In Ankara, Xinhua reporters saw warplanes such as F-16 fighters and military helicopters flying over head and heard sounds of guns and suspected warplane bombing.

Turkish NTV reported on early Saturday that a Sikorsky helicopter of rebels was downed by F-16 fighters.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told media that the Turkish army would shoot down the planes flying over Ankara.


  • Reports cited the prosecutor's office reporting that 42 people were killed in capital Ankara during the military coup attempt.

At around 1:00 a.m. (2200 GMT Friday), several military tanks passed the intersections near the Turkish parliament building and the headquarters of the General Staff. Emotional civilians were seen launching stones at the tanks.

Due to the blockade caused by the civilians, the tanks had to change their route and continued to advance, crashing into the vehicles and telegraph poles at the roadside.

According to Xinhua reporter, the parliament building was bombed by anti-government forces in early Saturday morning, which injured a dozen people.

Until 3:00 a.m. (0000 GMT), interrupted gunshots were still heard near Xinhua's Ankara bureau, while there were not many people on the street.

Meanwhile, three warplanes were seen flying over Taksim area in central Istanbul and huge explosions were heard.
 [Xinhua -globaltimes.cn]
16/7/16
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9 comments :

  1. At least 60 people were killed in Turkey as groups inside the army attempted to topple the government, the prosecutor's office said Saturday.

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  2. Coup-attempting soldiers who shot artillery on civilians and police water cannon from a tank on the Bosphorus Bridge surrendered early on July 16.

    A total of 50 soldiers surrendered, CNN Türk reported.

    Three civilians were wounded in the artillery shooting.

    The injured were taken to the hospitals.

    Meanwhile, a helicopter used to bomb the building of the Turkish satellite operator TÜRKSAT was downed in Ankara's Gölbaşı district.

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  3. Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has announced that the government appointed 1st Army Commander Gen. Ümit Dündar as the acting Chief of Staff to replace Gen. Hulusi Akar.

    Yıldırım said the appointment has been put into place to command the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) as a group of soldiers has attempted to stage a coup in the country late July 15. Gen. Dündar was actively involved to confront the plotters in Istanbul after the news broke that soldiers have kept the control of two key bridges connecting Europe and Asia.

    Reports about the whereabouts of Gen. Akar was contradicting as Turkish intel said earlier than the PM's announcement that he was "on his duty."

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  4. The AFP news agency is reporting that 754 members of Turkish armed forces have been arrested for involvement in the coup, citing Turkey's state-run Anatolia news agency.

    It quoted a Turkish official saying that 29 colonels and five generals had been removed from their posts.

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  5. Turkey's police chief says 16 "coup plotters" have been killed in clashes at the "paramilitary headquarters" and a further 250 detained, the AFP news agency reports.

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  6. Turkey’s Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has announced that a total of 754 , mostly military officers, have been detained over the charges of coup attempt.

    This doubled the figure at 336 announced by sources from the Interior Ministry earlier.

    Anadolu Agency said those who were detained were members of what it called pro-Gülenist terror organization.

    It’s believed that there are high-ranking officers among the detained. Broadcaster CNNTürk said four of them were generals and 29 of them were colonels.

    Justice Minister Bozdağ had informed that state prosecutors in all 81 provinces have already launched investigations on the coup attempt, saying “Detentions are mostly taken place in Ankara and Istanbul but there are other detentions in many other places of Turkey.”

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  7. The Turkish Air Force have shot down the rebel-controlled helicopter, which was firing on the Turksat satellite communications control center in a suburb of Ankara, the Anadolu agency reported.

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  8. At least 16 coup plotters have been killed in clashes at Turkey’s military police command in Ankara, Turkey’s Police Chief, Celalettin Lekesiz, told AP, adding that some 250 people had been detained. Clashes at the command are continuing, but “are about to come to an end,” he added.

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  9. Turkey’s chief of staff Akar, who was reported to be held hostage during the coup attempt, has been rescued and taken to a safe location. (TV)

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