This is a developing story. Return to this post for updates.
UPDATE 1
Turkey 'coup': low flying jets and gunfire heard in Ankara.
UPDATE 2
Turkish PM confirms army uprising.
UPDATE 3
Video
Turkish F-16 conducting low pass flight over Ankara.
UPDATE 4#Turkey| VIDEO: Turk F-16 conducting low pass (at night) over #Ankara. Show of force in urban area? 📽@HazalKoptagel pic.twitter.com/RyZoHfcl0z— Mikey Kay (@MikeyKayNYC) July 15, 2016
UPDATE 5Turkish chief of general staff soon to make an announcement I hear. If true that means military united. Will be hard to fight. #turkeycoup— Alex Barker (@alexebarker) July 15, 2016
Military says in statement that military has taken over.
Update 6
Turkish military says Turkey's gov't leadership detained.
UPDATE 7
Army in control of state run broadcasts.
UPDATE 8
Military on the streets,
UPDATE 9
Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar was arrested.
UPDATE 10
Social media in Turkey blocked as the military takes over pic.twitter.com/Rd4xcKkH48— Trey Yingst (@TreyYingst) July 15, 2016
UPDATE 11
Turkish military declares martial law and curfew
UPDATE 12
ALL exits from country including airports closed: army statement
UPDATE 13
US-Turkish air base in Incirlik, nearby bases, order Force Protection Condition Delta, halts missions.
UPDATE 14
Council on Foreign Relations first take: confusion (via CFR prez).
Turkey coup presents dilemma to US, Europe govts: do you support non-democratic coup vs increasingly non-democratic authoritarian leader?— Richard N. Haass (@RichardHaass) July 15, 2016
UPDATE 15
President Erdogan "under protection" w his entourage in Marmaris, near Bodrum where he was vacationing, (via Stratfor)
UPDATE 16
Cut off from television studios, Erdogan says he’s still President and Commander-in-Chief via cell phone broadcast.
UPDATE 17
Statement from Turkish Armed Forces here.
UPDATE 18
Erdogan urges Turkish people to take to the streets to show support for the government.
UPDATE 19
HOT
Turkish military has been ordered to pull out of northern Iraq.
UPDATE 20
Strong explosion heard in Turkish capital Ankara.
UPDATE 21
Sky news Arabic: Turkish chief of staff killed— avi issacharoff (@issacharoff) July 15, 2016
UPDATE 22
Continues here: VIDEO From Ankara Shows Helicopter Firing to Disperse Crowd; Turkey Coup Attempt
You stay out of it Haas!
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