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On Top Of The News Email:news@arubatoday.com website: www.arubatoday.com Tel:+297 582-7800 Saturday, July 16, 2016
Turkish soldiers secure the area as supporters of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan protest in Istanbul’s Taksim square, early Saturday, July 16, 2016.
Associated Press
Turkish military says seized control, people take to streetsÂ
SUZAN FRASER the capital. Turkey’s presi- waving Turkish flags, ac- bridge to protest the at- President Recep Tayyip Er-
Associated Press dent remained defiant and cording to television foot- tempted coup, and that dogan, which has included
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — called on people to take to age. some people have been a government shake up, a
Members of Turkey’s armed the streets to show support Crowds also gathered in hurt. TV footage showed crackdown on dissidents
forces said they had taken for his embattled govern- the main square in the cap- people running for cover as and opposition media and
control of the country Fri- ment. ital, Ankara. shots rang out. renewed conflict in the
day as explosions, gunfire Turks appeared to heed The Dogan news agency The chaos capped a peri- mainly Kurdish areas of the
and a reported air battle that call early Saturday reported that soldiers fired od of political turmoil in Tur- southeast.
between loyalist forces and marching through the on a group of people try- key blamed on the increas-
coup supporters erupted in streets of Izmir and Istanbul ing to cross the Bosporus ingly authoritarian rule of Continued on Page 3