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A Turkish flag is put in the barrel of an armored vehicle parked outside the parliament building in Ankara on July 16.
A Turkish flag is put in the barrel of an armored vehicle parked outside the parliament building in Ankara on July 16.

Live Blog: Coup Attempt In Turkey

Follow all of the latest developments as they happen.

Latest News Developments

-- Security operations are continuing in Turkey following a failed military coup attempt overnight that left many dozens of people dead and more than 1,000 injured.

-- Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Haberturk television on July 16 that 161 people were killed and 1,440 were injured during the unrest the previous night. He did not appear to be including the 104 soldiers supporting the coup who were reported killed overnight, meaning the death total for the unrest would be 265.

-- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States would consider an extradition request for the exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen after Turkey's president blamed the Muslim leader for an attempted Turkish military coup.

-- The Pentagon says the U.S. military has temporarily suspended air strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria and Iraq that are flown from the Incirlik Air Base in southeastern Turkey.

09:10 16.7.2016

Coup plotters were communicating via WhatsApp: "In 10 minutes the unit of the governor's office is leaving... On HaberTurk TV, there is no news but the closure of the (Bosphorus) Bridge..."

09:17 16.7.2016

Dalia Mortada, an American journalist based in Istanbul, told RFE/RL that her local mosque and others throughout the city blared funeral prayers during the attempted coup, seen as a mark of solidarity with the Erdogan regime.

"Earlier, I saw an elderly man with a Turkish flag. He wrapped it around his neck like a cape and just marched around the street determinedly," she said.

Local documentary filmmaker Onur Cakir said people rushed supermarkets and stocked up on water and food after the military declared the coup.

"There was a kind of panic within people," he wrote over WhatsApp.

-- Daniella Cheslow

09:37 16.7.2016

Prime Minister Yildirim in latest press conference: "The bandits of the parallel state (a reference to followers of Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen) will definitely face all punishments that they have deserved..."

10:30 16.7.2016

The latest from Turkey by RFE/RL's News Desk, clarifying some discrepancies on the number of those killed:

By RFE/RL

Security operations are continuing in Turkey following a failed military coup attempt overnight that left many dozens of people dead and more than 1,000 injured.

Although the situation in the country appeared to be stabilizing, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan posted a message on the Twitter social-media site urging supporters to remain in the streets to prevent “a new flare-up” of coup activity.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Haberturk television on July 16 that 161 people were killed and 1,440 were injured during the unrest the previous night.

He said 2,839 military personnel supporting the coup attempt had been arrested.

Yildirim said the coup attempt was a “black mark” on Turkish democracy.

Earlier government officials said five generals and 29 colonels have been removed from their posts for suspected involvement in the bid to overthrow the Erdogan’s government.

Casualty figures given by acting military chief of staff, General Umit Dundar, were somewhat different from those Yildirim provided. Dundar told journalists in Ankara that 104 soldiers supporting the coup attempt had been killed.

In addition, he said, 90 “martyrs” had been killed, including 41 police officers and 47 civilians.

10:37 16.7.2016

10:43 16.7.2016

"Soldiers occupying the headquarters of the central command in Ankara surrender..."

10:45 16.7.2016

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