Just In: Death Toll in Turkey Attempted Military Coup Rises to 90 Including Police Officers (Photos)

 

According to the BBC Breaking News, no fewer than 90 people, 42 of them police officers, were killed while the acting army chief and any military commanders taken hostage in overnight clashes as soldiers tried to overthrow the Turkish government.

 

President Recep Erdogan, who had used an Iphone Facetime to call on the people to come out on the streets and resist the coup plotters, has now flown back to Istanbul, the country’s second most important city and was met by cheering supporters who obeyed his call and contributed in frustrating the coup in the city.  

 

 

Earlier, in a broadcast from the city’s Ataturk International Airport, he described the coup as an act of treason and promised that the country’s military would be “cleansed”.

 

“They have pointed the people’s guns against the people. The president, whom 52 percent of the people brought to power, is in charge. This government brought to power by the people is in charge. They won’t succeed as long as we stand against them by risking everything,” Erdogan told cheering supporters outside the airport.

 

 

Speaking in a televised address, the acting army chief, General Umit Dundar, says soldiers who were part of the coup have taken many military commanders hostage.

 

However, the situation in the country’s capital, Ankara, is still very hazy. The rebel soldier earlier bombed the country’s parliament and the presidential palace. The renegade soldiers also seems to be in control of the Presidential palace.

 

 

Prime Minister, Binali Yildirim, however, said the situation was largely under control. He has ordered the military to shoot down aircraft being used by coup plotters. So far, more than 754 soldiers allegedly involved in the coup, have been arrested.