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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 streets 

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
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