lower-ranking officers: State-run television announced that the military had imposed martial law, according to CNN. Where is President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during Turkey coup attempt In an interview via Face Time on CNN Turk television, he urged people to take to the streets against the military. Soldiers blocked major bridges in Istanbul. He vowed to return Ankara. Read More Famously sensitive to criticism, Erdogan is no stranger to controversy. His location was unclear. "This was done from outside the chain of command," he said, adding that lower-ranking officers had rebelled against senior officers. "In history, nowhere in the world has a coup been successful," Erdogan added. "Sooner or later, they all fail." Meanwhile, thousands across Istanbul and Ankara began flooding the streets alongside military tanks.
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