Over 250 people were killed and nearly 3000 detained in a night of violence across Turkey. Turkey’s government failed a coup attempt by a renegade faction of military restoring control on Saturday to the major cities after a night of explosions which killed nearly 200 and has plunged the already troubled into uncertainty. More than 100 coup plotters were dead by afternoon and at least 1,154 were wounded, officials said.
Just after dawn and hours of overnight clashes, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appeared at the Istanbul airport and greeted a huge crowd of flag-waving supporters.
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“This government, brought to power by the people, is in charge,” he said. “A minority group within the armed forces targeted the integrity of our country.”
Helicopters flown by coup supporters fired on buildings and into the crowds gathering to challenge the attempt to overthrow Turkey’s government, in the most significant challenge to the country’s stability in decades.
