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July 16th, 2016 
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nsnbc : Turkey’s military has launched a coup, taken over key administrative buildings and media, and declared that the step was taken to reinstate constitutional law and order.
The armed forces of Turkey issued a statement saying they have completely taken over the country to reinstate constitutional order, human rights and freedoms, the rule of law and the general security that was damaged.
The armed forces are stressing that all international agreements are still in force and valid, and that the armed forces hope that all of Turkey’s good relations with other countries will continue.
Armed troops and military vehicles closed down two bridges in Istanbul Friday evening while low flying military jets were patrolling the skies. Jets were also patrolling the skies above Ankara. Eyewitnesses report about military and gunfire in the capital Ankara.
Around midnight local time the broadcaster TRT announced that Turkey now was governed by a Peace Council, that would ensure the safety of the people. Tanks have been deployed at the suburbs and around Istanbul and in other locations throughout the city.
There is uncertainty whether an off-the-air period of the State TV broadcaster TRT TV is intermediate, as State TV usually play vital roles in coups.
Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said that Turkey is says his nation is dealing with an attempted coup staged by members of the military.
Yildrim added that it is the government that has been elected by the people remains in charge and that the government only will go when the people tell it to do so. The whereabouts of President R. Tayyip Erdogan who reportedly was on vacation in the Turkish resort town of Bodrum are currently unknown or unannounced.
It identity of the military leaders behind the coup are, at the time of the writing of this article also unknown to nsnbc. It would not be unlikely that the coup is led by republican nationalists within the military and that the coup or attempted coup in part is a reaction to what leading military figures, politicians and intellectuals long have described the AKP’s de-facto political coup de etat that was enabled after the government of then PM Erdogan detained some 300 military officers and others, launching the notorious Ergenekon and Balyoz trials.
CH/L – nsnbc 16.07.2016
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