News services and media outlets are reporting a coup underway in Turkey. Numerous sources are reporting tanks and soldiers in the streets of Ankara and F-16s overhead at very low altitudes. Turkey’s prime minister, Binali Yildirim, said that a “coup attempt” by factions within the military was in progress and vowed that the country’s security forces would “uphold democracy.”
More updates to follow as the situation becomes clearer
Today's Defense & International Relations Topics 